Wisdom Council: Guest Post from Ronna Detrick
I am thrilled to continue this weekly series of summer guest posts from each of the Wisdom Council members, with their reflections on what being a monk in the world and an artist in everyday life means for them, in the context of their own work and ministries. I first met Ronna Detrick in person as […]
How to Feel the Sap Rising (a love note from your online Abbess)
How to Feel the Sap Rising (a poem for summer) Walk as slowly as possible, all the while imagining yourself moving through pools of honey and dancing with snails, turtles, and caterpillars. Turn your body in a clockwise direction to inspire your dreams to flow upward. Imagine the trees are your own wise ancestors offering their emerald […]
Wisdom Council: Guest Post from Dana Reynolds of Sacred Life Arts
I am so delighted to be starting a weekly series of guest posts from each of the Wisdom Council members, with their reflections on what being a monk in the world and an artist in everyday life means for them, in the context of their own work and ministries. It is with great pleasure that I host Dana Reynolds […]
Leadership and Wisdom Council
The Abbey was founded by Christine Valters Paintner who leads as the online Abbess. She is joined by her husband John who serves as the Prior. The Wisdom Council formed when we realized that we needed some more formal structures of support for the work we do. We invited several trusted and long-time contributors to […]
Earth Your Dancing Place (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!) Earth Your Dancing Place (excerpt) Take earth for your own large room and the floor of earth carpeted with sunlight and hung round with silver wind for your dancing place —May Swenson, Nature: Poems Old and New Dearest Monks […]
Virtual Book Tour: Review At Sense of the Faithful
Next stop on the Virtual Book Tour is a review by Peg Conway at Sense of the Faithful: An inspiring new book by Christine Valters Paintner called Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice provides a transformative path for the digital age. Christine is the founder and abbess of the virtual Abbey […]
Virtual Book Tour: Interview at A Year of Rejoicing
Yesterday’s stop on the Virtual Book Tour was at Louise Gallgher’s blog A Year of Rejoicing. Louise participated in my Lenten retreat last year and I was blessed by her joyful spirit. We talked about a number of things, including what it means to be a monk in the world, how I discovered my own inner […]