My blog is a finalist under the Best of Blogs Inspirational category! Best of Blogs is dedicated to giving exposure to smaller blogs. I am very excited and honored. You can vote for me here (scroll down to the third category), you get one vote per day until April 13, 2007.
-Christine Valters Paintner @ Abbey of the Arts
A Blessing for Our Shadows*Holy One who embraces all,help us to grow in intimacy with the shadow parts of ourselves: the shame, the resentment, the too-bigness, the longings for things that seem out of reach, all that we resist and reject and project onto others.
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Kathleen Bolduc’s reflection Unplugged. As a spiritual director and retreat leader, I love to guide retreatants in unplugging from technology and plugging
A Blessing for the Underworld Journey*Holy One who is ever-present,even in our darkest nights anddescents to the underworld, bless us with a felt sense of your abidingas life strips away all our comfortsand securities, everything we thought we needed. Help us to build our enduranceand
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Thank you Rich and Suz, you are all so wonderful. Maybe I’ll include a little link at the bottom of my posts for the next couple of weeks with reminders to vote if you feel so inclined.
Christine,
You have become a touchstone for me in a short time and I thank you. I voted the first day…and then forgot I could keep voting…I will hustle over there!
Congratulatory hugs,
Suz
What a deal! We’ve been voting early and often in Chicago for YEARS!!!! Congrats, Christine. No one is more deserving!
Thank you Cathleen! I am deeply appreciative.
I will be pleased to vote for you every day!! It’s one way of thanking you for your ministry~art~photography~inspiration.
Congratulations!! :D
Thank you Bette, I hope it has all been good stuff clearing the way for you to create!
Thanks so much Cathy for the nomination.
Blessings, Christine
You have my vote for sure!!!
Congrats on being nominated !
I will vote for you everyday :)
Sorry I haven’t been posting much. Spring break here and misc. stuff. But thinking of you! { hugs }