I was away for the weekend attending a workshop and returned last night to find my website down. After some long holds and frustrations with my hosting company and then the intervention of my web guy things are back on track now. Apparently my site got hacked which a pretty unsettling idea. There may be a few bumps still to smooth out, but look for the Poetry Party here shortly. Thanks for your patience!
Blessing of the Saints* May the communion of saintsshower you with blessings,may you seek their guidancein moments of illness, confusion, gratitude.We remember their own struggles,living their humanity, enfleshed and tender.We ask those across the threshold to pray for usknowing what it is to be wounded.Call
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Wisdom Council member and Centering Prayer leader Therese Taylor-Stinson’s reflection Silence and the Oppressed. This article was originally published on NextChurch.net and
A Blessing for Wrestling with Angels*You have knownthe long nights of wrestlingwith mysterious beings,your breath hard and fast,your heart poundinglike furious wings. The dark seems to stretch foreverand you wonder how longyou will be in the gripof this powerful stranger,how long you will have to
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Well that explains the trouble in accessing your site! So, good you’re back and up and running. What a consternation to be hacked!
Thank you both! :-)
Oh, no, so sorry about the hacking??? but so glad you’re back!
Thank God! I am at Mayo and my brother is in surgery for a sudden recurrence of cancer. You are a touchstone. I am so glad you are back!