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 […]
This is what it is like to yield (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!) To hear Christine read the poem and love note to you, listen below (you do need flashplayer for it to work) or download the file here: [audio:http://www.mediafire.com/download/lned8f3di2n220f/This_is_what_is_it_like_to_yield_-_July_1%2C_2013.mp3] This is what it is like to yield: to finally feel that […]
Wisdom Council: Guest Post from Stacy Wills
I am delighted to introduce our next member of the Wisdom Council to you: Stacy Wills. I first met Stacy through the Way of the Monk, Path of the Artist online class. She continued on with the community for several classes, and I had the pleasure of meeting her (and her delightful husband) in person […]
Beside the Sea . . . on the wild and sacred west coast of Ireland. . . (a video and a pilgrimage)
Ireland is calling so many hearts, souls, and bodies to dwell in her landscape. In my last newsletter I put a small note at the bottom of the calendar that I was planning a Monk in the World pilgrimage to the west coast of Ireland and to drop me a note if you wanted advance […]