Invitation to Photography: Soul Friend
Welcome to this month’s Abbey Photo Party! I select a theme and invite you to respond with images. We began this month with a Community Lectio Divina practice with wisdom from St. Brigid. As I prayed with this passage, I was moved by how essential Brigid considers the role of companions on the journey. She urges us […]
Monk in the World guest post: Patricia Turner
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission for the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Patricia Turner’s wisdom: My Practice of Being a Monk in the World: Photo Lectio – The Image as Icon Already I am being brought into a world where significant things are shown as images, and […]
Praying the Heart (a love note from your online Abbess)
To receive this love note straight to your in-box, subscribe here (and also receive a free gift!) Dearest Monks, Artists, and Pilgrims, I have been feeling a bit weary these last few days, fighting something off I think, and offering myself generous hospitality by resting and nourishing myself well with good food and the gift of […]
Community Lectio Divina: Wisdom from St. Brigid
With February comes a new invitation for contemplation. This month I invite you into a lectio divina practice with words attributed to St. Brigid on the wisdom of having a soul friend. We just passed the Celtic feast of Imbolc and the feast day of St. Brigid on February 1st. How Community Lectio Divina works: Each month there […]
Munkemanifestet (Monk Manifesto) now in Norwegian!
One of the things I love most about having a global community is the intersection of languages and cultures. It was my great joy last November to visit Norway for the first time, at the invitation to lead a retreat. I fell in love with the country and the people and am even planning another […]
Monk in the World guest post: David Norling
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission for the Monk in the World guest post series from the community (you can read the call for submissions here). Read on for David Norling‘s wisdom about mindfulness and cultivating non-judgmental awareness: The Second Naïveté Judgment limits awareness, awareness limits judgment. I went through a phase in college where, in […]
Stirring in the Belly (a love note from your online Abbess)
Dearest Monks, Artists, and Pilgrims, I love revealing each of the newest dancing monk icons (created by Marcy Hall of Rabbit Room Arts). This week we welcome in Saint Brigid to our dancing circle. She is one of the most revered saints of Ireland, second only to St. Patrick. Born in the middle of the […]