Invitation to Poetry: Give Me a Word 2013
Welcome to the Abbey’s 64th Poetry Party! We are making a little departure this month from our usual format where I select an image for you to illuminate with your words. This month the invitation is to write a poem inspired by your word for the year (and even though that drawing is over, you are […]
Give Me a Word 2013 random drawing winners!
More than 800 people shared their word for 2013! It is truly amazing and inspiring to read through the submissions, so consider pouring a cup of tea and perusing what others have posted. Please feel welcome to share your word, even though the date for being entered into the random drawing has passed (see winners below). […]
Embracing Mystery in the New Year: Ten Essential Practices
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 in your heart for […]
Invitation to Photography: Give Me a Word 2013
Welcome to the Abbey Photo Party! I select a theme and invite you to respond with images. We are taking a break this January from our monthly Monk Manifesto themes to invite you into some creative exploration with the words which have chosen you for this year. (Make sure to share yours here if you […]
Give Me a Word 2013: Fourth annual Abbey giveaway
Share your Word for 2013 In ancient times, wise men and women fled out into the desert to find a place where they could be fully present to God 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 to […]
Body-Words of Love
Over the last several months I have been training to teach yoga. I began the program because I have practiced yoga for many years and longed to dive more deeply into it. I expected to fall in love with my own body even more in the process; what I didn’t expect was how much I […]
Give Me a Word – reminder!
The Give Me a Word invitation ends tomorrow – stop by to see over 400 responses, share your own word and receive a free gift, and enter a drawing to win some lovely prizes! It has been an amazing gift to read the reflections coming in – it gives me a profound sense of hope […]
