Wisdom Council: Guest Post from Kayce Stevens Hughlett
This week, our Wisdom Council guest post is from my dear friend and colleague Kayce Stevens Hughlett. Kayce and I first got to know each other years ago when she attended Awakening the Creative Spirit in its early extended version and then again when we offered it as an intensive. Friendship bloomed from there, along with co-collaboration […]
Wisdom Council: Guest Post from Amber Andreasen
This week, our Wisdom Council guest post is from the lovely Amber Andreasen. Amber has participated in several Abbey online programs including Way of the Monk, Path of the Artist and Practicing Resurrection through Creativity and Archetypes (which she mentions in her reflection) and has participated in our live intensive Awakening the Creative Spirit. She […]
Wisdom Council: Guest Post from Roy DeLeon
Time for another guest post from one of our amazing Wisdom Council members! This week we have Roy DeLeon sharing his reflections with us on being a monk in the world. I first met Roy at St. Placid Priory about ten years ago, where we are both Benedictine oblates. Roy is also a yoga teacher with a true […]
Wisdom Council: Guest Post from Cheryl Macpherson
I am delighted to introduce our next Wisdom Council member to you, Cheryl Macpherson. Cheryl and I met about ten years ago when we were both in the same spiritual direction formation program, the Pacific Jubilee Program. I remember being impressed by Cheryl’s quiet strength and wisdom during that time and was delighted to later […]
Give up your endless searching (a love note from your online Abbess)
Give up your endless searching Lay down your map and compass, and those dog-eared travel guides. Rest your weary eyes from so much looking, your tired feet from so much wandering, your aching heart from so much hoping. Lay down on the soft green grass wet with morning dew, and watch as the tree heavy […]
Wisdom Council: Guest Post from Melissa Layer
I first met Melissa Layer in person at a workshop I was leading at St. Placid Priory, as she lives in the beautiful Northwest as well. She took several online courses, including the very first one I ever taught on Benedictine Spiritual Practices, and then she then participated in the Awakening the Creative Spirit intensive and in monthly […]
Wisdom Council: Guest Post from Richard Bruxvoort Colligan
Time to hear from another of our amazing Wisdom Council members! I first met Richard Bruxvoort Colligan through his wife, Trish (another Wisdom Council member) several years ago in my very early time of blogging (under the name Sacred Art of Living – a few of you are still around from those days!) I fell in love with the music […]