Dearest monks and artists, Lent is a powerful season of transformation. Forty days in the desert, stripped of our comforts, and buoyed by our commitment to daily practice so that we might arrive at the celebration of Easter deepened and renewed. But often, we arrive at the glorious season of ... read more
Join us for an online retreat this Lent ~ A love note from your online abbess
Dearest monks and artists, I am delighted that John Valters Paintner will be taking the lead on our Lenten retreat online. He has a great love for the scriptures, and taught them at the high school level for many years. The upcoming retreat is the fruit of years of his reflection on exploring ... read more
Practicing the Resurrection of the Body for Easter ~ A love note from your online abbess
Dearest monks and artists, Lent is a powerful season of transformation. Forty days in the desert, stripped of our comforts, and buoyed by our commitment to daily practice so that we might arrive at the celebration of Easter deepened and renewed. But often, we arrive at the glorious season of ... read more
Easter Blessings: Seeing with the Eyes of the Heart ~ A love note from your online abbess
Dearest monks and artists, Happy Easter dear monks! How will you celebrate these 50 days of resurrection? We invite you to consider joining us for Eyes of the Heart, an online retreat on the contemplative practice of photography which starts tomorrow. The season of Easter spans 50 days of ... read more
A Different Kind of Fast: Part Seven – Embrace Mystery
Dearest monks and artists, Let mystery have its place in you; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the plowshare of self-examination, but leave a little fallow corner in your heart ready for any seed the winds may bring, and reserve a nook of shadow for the passing bird; keep a place ... read more
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