With Gratitude (a love note from your online Abbess)
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Finding Home Within (a love note from your online Abbess)
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Winner of free book drawing
On Monday I shared Ken Peterson’s monk in the world guest post and there was a drawing included for a free copy of his new book Prayer as Night Falls: Experiencing Compline. The lucky winner is Pacia Dixon! Pacia, send me your snail mail and we will arrange for your copy to be sent out.
Invitation to Poetry: Softening and Yielding
Welcome to Poetry Party #71! I select an image (*photo above by fellow monk in the world Claudia Gregoire) and suggest a theme/title and invite you to respond with your own poem. Scroll down and add it in the comments section below or join our Holy Disorder of Dancing Monks Facebook group and post there. Feel […]
Invite Wonder (a love note from your online Abbess)
To receive this love note straight to your in-box, subscribe here (and also receive a free gift!) Invite Wonder What if you bowed before every dandelion you met and wrote love letters to squirrels and pigeons who crossed your path? What if scrubbing the dishes became an act of single reverence for the gift of […]
Come to Ireland next spring. . . (new dates added!)
We have added a fourth and final set of dates for the Monk in the World: Pilgrimage to the Sacred Edge of Ireland in 2014. We love the poetry of now having one pilgrimage in each of the four Celtic seasons. There are only a couple of spaces left for March 18-26, 2014, so please […]
Exile and Belonging (a love note from your online Abbess)
Dearest monks and artists, This coming Tuesday represents two significant relationships in my life. September 3rd is my mother’s birthday, she would have been 71 and it is also my 19th wedding anniversary with my beloved, and your online Prior, John. My mother’s death 10 years ago was unexpected and wrenching. I was blessed to be by […]