Happy New Year! With January we offer a new invitation for contemplation. Starting in December we returned to a monthly focus on our Monk Manifesto themes. Our focus for this month is on the second principle of hospitality: I commit to radical acts of hospitality by welcoming the stranger both ... read more
Invitation to Lectio Divina: Thomas Merton on Silence
With December we offer a new invitation for contemplation. We are returning to a monthly focus on our Monk Manifesto themes. Our focus for this month is Silence. The month of December can be busy and full of noise. And so it is all the more important to take special care to cultivate true ... read more
Invitation to Community Lectio Divina: Honoring Saints & Ancestors
With November we offer a new invitation for contemplation. Our focus for this month is honoring saints and ancestors. The month of November is traditionally a time when the Christian Community remembers those who have died. And so we are inviting you to welcome in the wisdom of those who have gone ... read more
Invitation to Community Lectio Divina: Luke 18:22-23
With October we offer a new invitation for contemplation. Our focus for this month is letting go. In the northern hemisphere it is the season of fall when nature begins to release what is not necessary. What are you called to shed in your own spiritual garden? I invite you into a lectio ... read more
Invitation to Community Lectio Divina: Mark 4:26-29
With September we return to our monthly invitations for contemplation. Our focus for this month is harvest. In the northern hemisphere it is the season for gathering the fruits of our labors. What are you called to harvest in your own spiritual garden? I invite you into a lectio divina practice ... read more
Community Lectio (Visio) Divina: St. Francis Dancing Monk Icon
Artwork: “St. Francis Dancing Monk Icon” © artist Marcy Hall at Rabbit Room Arts With May comes a new invitation for contemplation. This month I invite you into a visio divina practice, which is an adaptation of lectio divina. In visio divina we are invited to see with the eyes of our heart, much ... read more
Community Lectio Divina: Song of Songs
With April comes a new invitation for contemplation. In the northern hemisphere, spring is slowly arriving with birdsong and blooming. Wherever we live on this beautiful planet, we can tend to the flowering that happens within after a season of fallowness. The outer seasons become a mirror for our ... read more