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A Midwinter God: Encountering the Divine in Seasons of Darkness
A Different Kind of Fast: Feeding Our True Hungers in Lent
The Love of Thousands: How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk With Us Toward Holiness
Love Holds You: Poems and Devotions for Times of Uncertainty
Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal
Breath Prayer: An Ancient Practice for the Everyday Sacred
Sacred Time: Embracing an Intentional Way of Life
The Wisdom of Wild Grace: Poems
Earth, Our Original Monastery: Cultivating Wonder and Gratitude through Intimacy with Nature
Dreaming of Stones: Poems
The Soul’s Slow Ripening: 12 Celtic Practices for Seeking the Sacred
The Wisdom of the Body: A Contemplative Journey to Wholeness for Women
The Soul of a Pilgrim: Eight Practices for the Journey Within
Illuminating the Way: Embracing the Wisdom of Monks and Mystics
Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice
Desert Mothers and Fathers: Early Christian Wisdom Sayings Annotated & Explained
The Artist’s Rule: Nurturing Your Creative Soul with Monastic Wisdom
Lectio Divina–The Sacred Art: Transforming Words and Images into Heart-Centered Prayer
Water, Wind, Earth & Fire: The Christian Practice of Praying with the Elements
Awakening the Creative Spirit: Bringing the Arts to Spiritual Direction
Lectio Divina: Contemplative Awakening & Awareness
Book Club
Prayer Cycle
Self Study
Birthing the Holy: Wisdom of Mary
Breath Prayer: An Ancient Practice for the Everyday Sacred
Contemplative Yoga
Creative Flourishing with St. Hildegard of Bingen
Dreaming of the Sea: The Selkie Story
Earth, Our Original Monastery
Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice
Exile and Coming Home
Give Me a Word
Journey with the Desert Mothers and Fathers
Lectio Divina: The Sacred Art of Reading the World
Monk in the World
Sacred Rhythms of Sky, Sun, Sea & Stone
Sacred Seasons
Sacred Time
The Love of Thousands
The Mystical Heart: Love as a Creative Force
The Soul of a Pilgrim
The Soul’s Slow Ripening
The Wisdom of the Body
Virtual Celtic Pilgrimage: The Wisdom of the Irish Saints Brigid, Ciaran, & Gobnait
Virtual Celtic Pilgrimage: The Wisdom of Saints Colman, Sourney, and Patrick
Virtual Celtic Pilgrimage: The Wisdom of Irish Saints Kevin, Ita, and Enda
Visionary, Warrior, Healer, Sage: Archetypes to Navigate an Unravelling World
Watershed Moments in the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures
Way of the Monk, Path of the Artist
Writing as a Spiritual Practice
Writing In Season
Writing with the Ancestors
Reflections
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Welcome
Start Here!
Donate to Our Ministry
Financial Access
Scholarship Request
Leadership and Wisdom Council
Monk Manifesto
Join the Holy Disorder of Dancing Monks
Art Collaborations
Dancing Monk Icons by Marcy Hall
Mary block print art series by Kreg Yingst
Monk in the World art series by Quynh Nguyen
Sacred Time art series by Alexi Francis
Saints & Animals art series by David Hollington
Poetry Videos
Partnerships
Subscribe to Our Love Notes
Books
A Midwinter God: Encountering the Divine in Seasons of Darkness
A Different Kind of Fast: Feeding Our True Hungers in Lent
The Love of Thousands: How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk With Us Toward Holiness
Love Holds You: Poems and Devotions for Times of Uncertainty
Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal
Breath Prayer: An Ancient Practice for the Everyday Sacred
Sacred Time: Embracing an Intentional Way of Life
The Wisdom of Wild Grace: Poems
Earth, Our Original Monastery: Cultivating Wonder and Gratitude through Intimacy with Nature
Dreaming of Stones: Poems
The Soul’s Slow Ripening: 12 Celtic Practices for Seeking the Sacred
The Wisdom of the Body: A Contemplative Journey to Wholeness for Women
The Soul of a Pilgrim: Eight Practices for the Journey Within
Illuminating the Way: Embracing the Wisdom of Monks and Mystics
Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice
Desert Mothers and Fathers: Early Christian Wisdom Sayings Annotated & Explained
The Artist’s Rule: Nurturing Your Creative Soul with Monastic Wisdom
Lectio Divina–The Sacred Art: Transforming Words and Images into Heart-Centered Prayer
Water, Wind, Earth & Fire: The Christian Practice of Praying with the Elements
Awakening the Creative Spirit: Bringing the Arts to Spiritual Direction
Lectio Divina: Contemplative Awakening & Awareness
Book Club
Prayer Cycle
Self Study
Birthing the Holy: Wisdom of Mary
Breath Prayer: An Ancient Practice for the Everyday Sacred
Contemplative Yoga
Creative Flourishing with St. Hildegard of Bingen
Dreaming of the Sea: The Selkie Story
Earth, Our Original Monastery
Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice
Exile and Coming Home
Give Me a Word
Journey with the Desert Mothers and Fathers
Lectio Divina: The Sacred Art of Reading the World
Monk in the World
Sacred Rhythms of Sky, Sun, Sea & Stone
Sacred Seasons
Sacred Time
The Love of Thousands
The Mystical Heart: Love as a Creative Force
The Soul of a Pilgrim
The Soul’s Slow Ripening
The Wisdom of the Body
Virtual Celtic Pilgrimage: The Wisdom of the Irish Saints Brigid, Ciaran, & Gobnait
Virtual Celtic Pilgrimage: The Wisdom of Saints Colman, Sourney, and Patrick
Virtual Celtic Pilgrimage: The Wisdom of Irish Saints Kevin, Ita, and Enda
Visionary, Warrior, Healer, Sage: Archetypes to Navigate an Unravelling World
Watershed Moments in the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures
Way of the Monk, Path of the Artist
Writing as a Spiritual Practice
Writing In Season
Writing with the Ancestors
Reflections
Calendar
Shop
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