The Blessings of Our Ancestors*This blessing calls you home againto your collective inheritance of blood and bone,calls you to dance with generationswho shimmer beyond the veil.We call on the great cloud of witnesses,the ones who inspire our courage,support our endurance,kindle our joy, whisper words of
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Anne Donze Gerber’s rewrites of Psalms 122 and 23 she created during the Earth Monastery retreat*. During The Earth Monastery Retreat in
Dearest dancing monks, artists, and pilgrims, Tomorrow I start teaching a 4-week e-course on practicing with medieval women mystics for the lovely team at Spirituality & Practice. Teresa of Avila, Julian of Norwich, Mechtild of Magdeburg, and Hildegard of Bingen will be our focus and each week
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What a wonderful poem. Nye is one of my favorites. She takes words that might seem ordinary and turns them into wonders.
I’m looking forward to the next Poetry Party.