I am heading off to the desert for a time of Lenten retreat and leave you with some rainy day images from the Kubota Japanese Garden here in Seattle. The desert mothers and fathers will be my companions for this journey. My heart is ready to move into silence to listen for a deeper voice. I’ll let you know some of what I discover upon my return. (Click here for a visual meditation on tulips.)
Dearest dancing monks, artists, and pilgrims, Tomorrow, April 7th, Simon and I will be joined by guest musician Richard Bruxvoort Colligan for our monthly Contemplative Prayer Service. Our theme this month is the 7th principle of the Monk Manifesto, Conversion. Here is an excerpt from our Monk in the World self-study retreat.
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for JoRene Byers’s reflection and poem “New Moon, Beloved Darkness”. I wrote this poem after setting aside time to prayfully gather the beautiful
Dearest dancing monks, artists, and pilgrims, Today is the feast day of Sister Thea Bowman, an amazing woman whose vibrancy still radiates to us today, calling us to shine our lights in a world that is often hard to bear. Even in the midst of
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The ice is finally out.
Hallelujah!
Namaste
There -the dew drop
There -the circling,shimmering waters
Life moistening life.
endless pools of Love……….
Dear Christine,
All your photography is amazing, but the two water photos and the (last) stone photo especially touched my soul. Thank you for this gift.
May you be further blessed in the desert.
Lovely images — and a reminder for me to never be long without solitude.
Each image,
exquisite beauty,
opens my heart,
again,
and again.
Thank you. May Ancient Love accompany you in the desert Christine.
Those water images just made me gasp! Thanks for sharing your photography gift with us…
Each image is so perfect, unique in it’s manifestation of the Divine. Thank you for reminding me to look ever closer.
Thank you for these images and signs of spring!
lovely