If you missed the virtual launch of The Wisdom of Wild Grace: Poems written by Christine Valters Paintner, hosted by Paraclete Press, and moderated by Mark Burrows, you can watch the replay below. It was a wonderful hour-long conversation where Christine shared many of her poems and some of the inspiration behind them and the book.
Thank you to all of our dancing monks who shared their word of guidance for the year with us here. Congratulations to our winners of the random prize drawing: Please email Melinda at dancingmonk@abbeyofthearts.com to claim your prize.
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to our Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Wisdom Council member Melissa Layer‘s reflection on making nature mandalas. I became aware of how the extraordinary is exquisitely entangled within the
A Blessing for Creativity*Spirit of Holy Imagination,we ask you to bless our visionwith the wisdom to see what is possible.Help us trust our desire to createthrough color, word, shape, gesture, and song.When our fingers trembleat picking up a pen or marker,connect us to the joy