Monk in the World Guest Post: Laurie Klein
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Laurie Klein’s reflection titled “Alphabet of Presence.” I keep sensing, maybe as an amateur mystic, that the whole world is every moment saying the name of God. —Li Young Lee After my father died, […]
Winter Solstice and Christmas Blessings ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, I love the quiet invitation of this time of year to descend into stillness. I will be leading an event on the Winter Solstice with my wonderful friends Deirdre Ni Chinneide and Aisling Richmond who both live in Ireland as well and are deeply enriched by the Celtic imagination and spirit. We […]
Christine Around the Web
I have been featured in numerous articles, poems and podcasts podcasts in recent weeks. Pour a cup of tea and enjoy these resources. Breath Prayer article at US Catholic magazine A conversation on Breath Prayer at Ruah Space podcast A conversation on Breath Prayer (includes a short practice) at Podcast with Presence & Practice A lovely review of Breath Prayer […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Hillel Brandes
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World Guest Post series from the community. Read on for Hillel Brandes’s reflection, “Sound of Snowfall”. ” . . . The only other sounds the sweepOf easy wind and downy flake.The woods are lovely, dark and deep . . .”Stopping by Woods […]
Mary as Mystical Rose Invites Us to Bloom ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, Today is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and this is an excerpt from my forthcoming book Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal (which will be published April 2022). It contains reflections on 31 names and titles of Mary including Mary as the Mystical Rose. In […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Jane Thorley Roeschley
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Jane Thorley Roeschley’s reflection “Give Me a Word.” I was introduced to the practice of choosing a “word of the year” by spiritual directees and others who were saying things like, “My word this […]
Give Me a Word ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, In ancient times, wise men and women fled out into the desert to find a place where they could be fully present to the divine and to their own inner struggles at work within them. The desert became a place to enter into the refiner’s fire and be stripped down […]