Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice was published in April by Ave Maria Press, and I have been so grateful for the wonderful reception! I embarked on an almost two-month long Virtual Book Tour (ah, the wonders of the internet!) and am so grateful to everyone who ... read more

Image is a journal of religion and the arts.  I love the work they do, as it is in such alignment with my own passion for the monk and artist paths.  I have attended their Glen Workshop with classes in writing and the arts in the past and found it to be really inspiring and enlivening. So I am ... read more

I am always thrilled when the wonderful folks at Spirituality and Practice review my books.  I am a big fan of the work they do, so much in alignment with what the Abbey offers.  (I am very honored to be one of their Living Spiritual Teachers and I have an e-course offered through them on Wisdom of ... read more

I am delighted that my newest book - Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice - is being featured June 1-15 at the Patheos Book Club. Stop by for. . . Seeing with the Eyes of the Heart: A Q&A with Christine Valters Paintner: Eyes of the Heart is about ... read more

Next stop on the Virtual Book Tour is Mary Benton's great review at Find Hope where she describes becoming intoxicated by life: I went out after work tonight and got drunk. In the woods. With my camera. There was no food or drink involved - for it was not my body but my spirit that became ... read more