A mini-poetry reading from Christine plus other publishing news
Christine Valters Paintner gave a 20-minute poetry reading for Paraclete Press on Instagram Live this week and read mostly poems about springtime (you also get a small window into her office and her dog Sourney makes an appearance as well). You can watch the recording of it here. Also Christine’s poem “At the End of […]
St. Kevin Holds Open His Hand and Radical Hospitality ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
St Kevin Holds Opens His Hand by Christine Valters Paintner from Abbey of the Arts on Vimeo. [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Button_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] St. Kevin Holds Open His Hand Imagine being like Kevin. Your grasping fist softens, fingers uncurl and palms open, rest upward, and the blackbird weaves twigs and straw and bits of string in the bowl of […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Greta Kopec
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to our Monk in the World Guest Post series from the community. Read on for Greta Kopec’s reflection, “Mary Magic and Miracles.” Once upon a time, I only knew Mary as the mom in the nativity story we heard each Christmas. In the past three years she […]
Monk in the World Podcast + Harriet Tubman Mysticism ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Silence & Solitude: Day 1 Morning and Evening Prayer Dearest monks and artists, We are thrilled to be able to start releasing the Monk in the World prayer cycle podcast to you weekly from now through Pentecost Sunday. Each week we will post a morning and evening prayer. This first week is focused on the […]
Lift Every Voice: Contemplative Writers of Color – April Video Discussion and Book Group Materials Now Available
Join Abbey of the Arts for a monthly conversation on how increasing our diversity of perspectives on contemplative practice can enrich our understanding and experience of the Christian mystical tradition. Christine Valters Paintner is joined by author Claudia Love Mair for a series of video conversations. Each month they take up a new book by or […]
Hildy Tails 12: Is ait an mac an saol ~ by John Valters Paintner
Hello, gentle readers! This series of 12 essays were composed during John & Christine’s Jubilee Year (which began pre-pandemic, but some of which was written during varying degrees of lockdown). They were dictated to John by the Abbey’s mascot, Hildy the Monk-ey. Hildy is a bit of a free spirit who likes to entertain and […]
Easter Blessings + An Elemental Journey ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
A Glimpse of the Underglimmer by Christine Valters Paintner from Abbey of the Arts on Vimeo. “A Glimpse of the Underglimmer” (after Basho) You can see it sometimes in October when the sun’s low angle slides gold over the field, effervescence of light, or you stand in a forest of cedars and March rain pads […]