I just hit the “SEND” button to deliver our manuscript to the Publisher right on time. Awakening the Creative Spirit: Bringing the Arts to Spiritual Direction (co-authored with Betsey Beckman) is scheduled for publication in early February 2010 by Morehouse (SDI Imprint Series). More details to come! For right now I am just going to celebrate the completion of this phase of hard, hard work and what has been a labor of utter love and passion. (oh and now to get some of my other work done . . .)
Brother Lawrence and the Practice of the Presence + Prayer Cycle Day 6 ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest dancing monks, artists, and pilgrims, This Friday, June 13th we are delighted to welcome Wisdom Council member and award winning translator Carmen Acevedo Butcher to lead us in a retreat on Brother Lawrence and the Practice of the Presence. Read on for Carmen’s reflection Courageous Brother
June 8, 2025
8 Responses
the fulfilment of a deadline
yes!
cheering with you
may you enjoy the moment
Congrats! Can’t wait until February when it’s available!
Christine, Congratulations to you and your co-author!
I look forward to holding this book in my own hands and reading it with great joy.
How wonderful! What a big piece of work you have done!
Celebrating with you all the way from Michigan!! Congratulations!! May some rest and refreshment of your choosing follow! Now, we have to wait until Feb, 2010 to hold in our hands and savor your creation…
God bless you and congratulations.
Congratulations, Christine. This is an amazing thing: to get an idea, to nurture the idea, and then to follow through to completion. Really, a small miracle, I think. :)
Fabulous news! Well done, I’m so happy for you.