Wisdom Council: Guest Post from Betsey Beckman
This week brings us to our final guest post from Wisdom Council members! And a wonderful way to finish is with my dear friend and teaching partner Betsey Beckman. Betsey and I met soon after I moved to Seattle over ten years ago. We discovered we made a beautiful partnership in bringing the gifts of the arts […]
Community Contemplation & Creativity
(Fall Schedule)
For several years now the Abbey has offered a regular Poetry Party and last year we added in the Photo Parties. These have been invitations into your own creative expression through a particular theme and then sharing it with your fellow monks. We took a break from them over the summer but are excited to […]
Wisdom Council: Guest Post from Trish Bruxvoort Colligan
I am excited to share another Wisdom Council guest post, this time from Trish Bruxvoort Colligan. I met Trish first virtually several years ago when she was blogging and felt immediate kinship to her presence and spirit, not to mention her beautiful music which I often use in retreat settings and in several online courses. It was a […]
Following an Ancient Call (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!) Following an Ancient Call What if we could listen like the great salmon who goes about its ordinary life when suddenly something shifts. It does not come as a thunderous revelation, but a quiet knowing you have been […]
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 […]