Monk in the World Guest Post: Martha Van Vactor
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read one for Martha Van Vactor’s reflection That Night. That night as predicted, there was the beautiful huge, very larger-than-life moon lighting up the night in an ever-so-peaceful and quiet time. I felt an instant, overwhelming […]
I Will Live as a Monk in the World ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
I Will Live as a Monk in the World I awaken early as usual,have my little pot of breakfast and feed the dog,then she makes circles and squeals,knowing what is next. Morning prayer, walking the canal and river,quiet before the city hums,she stops every few feet to sniffmessages left for her on blades of grassand tree trunks,and […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Dena Jennings
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Wisdom Council Member Dena Jennings’ reflection and poem Just a Taste. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, […]
Monk in the World: Elizabeth Millar
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Elizabeth Millar’s reflection Walking, Pentecost, and Wild Wind. Click. My boarding pass has been automatically added to my digital wallet. It’s a modern miracle that being strapped into a huge gangly metal […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Jaqui Eicher
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to our Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Jaqui Eicher’s reflection and poem. After reading Christine Valters Paintner’s poem, “St. Gall and the Bear,” I responded in writing to the prompt: “Write about a time you extended kindness to someone or […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Rachel M. Srubas
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Rachel M. Srubas’ reflection and poems “Anchorheld: A Trinity (after Julian of Norwich).” One spring day in 2023, feeling bereft and spiritually adrift, I turned to Julian of Norwich. Her fourteenth-century book, Revelations of […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: The Rev. Dr. William Carl Thomas
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for The Rev. Dr. William Carl Thomas’ reflection on a balcony perspective, humility, and illuminating God’s love in the world. I recognize that I interact in the world on the dance floor while […]