Monk in the World Guest Post: Nancy L. Agneberg
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Nancy L. Agneberg’s reflection “Living with a Sacred Object: The Humble Harvest Table.” The first piece of furniture we bought when we moved to an 1800’s farmstead, Sweetwater Farm, in rural Ohio […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Jill Ross
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series. Read on for Jill Ross’s reflection on her art as prayer and meditation. My current prayer and meditation practice involves daily walks, observing nature, then transforming what I see into glass mosaics. My theme these past few years […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Theresa Walker
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Theresa Walker’s reflection on love, letting go, and letting be. As a single, never-married woman there were times of loneliness in my life, especially as a young woman when I felt out of step […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Adrianne Dyer
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Adrianne Dyer’s reflection Creator God As Artist. God has many names. Often when I look upon nature and my surroundings, I think or find myself saying, “Wow! Look at what God has […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Andrea Potos
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series. Read on for Andrea Potos’ reflection and poems on the contemplative process of poetry. My contemplative practice begins at my writing table each morning. Spiral notebook spread open and pen nearby, I don’t start writing immediately. I read a […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Berenice Chan
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post from the community. Read on for Berenice Chan’s refection and poem “Uncertainty.” I wrote this poem to use as a lectio passage with my follow-on group from the 2020 Abbey of the Arts course “Way of the monk, path […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Mark Raphael
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Mark Raphael’s reflection “Lessons from an Ischemic Stroke: Achieving a Newfound Asceticism and Conversatio.” Stroke. The dreaded word that no 40-year old or their family wants to hear. On February 15, 2022 […]
