New “innerview” on lectio divina at the Sunshine Abbey
The lovely Claudia Mairs Burney who hosted my article on The Artist Begins Again and Again also invited me to an “innerview” on the practice of lectio divina. Here is an excerpt: What do these sacred words do for the soul? Words can illuminate our hearts; they contain the seeds of invitation to cross a […]
New review of The Artist’s Rule at Image Journal!
Image Journal is one of my favorite resources for integrating art, faith, and mystery. Produced by the fine people at Seattle Pacific University and hosts of the wonderful annual Glen workshop (which I have had the joy of attending twice before), I am thrilled to read this beautifully-written review of The Artist’s Rule in their […]
The Artist Begins Again and Again (a guest post at the Sunshine Abbey)
Claudia Mairs Burney is the Abbess at the lovely Sunshine Abbey where I have a guest post today on the wisdom of beginning again: As artists and creative people we are filled with the best of intentions. We have big visions and a longing to express ourselves freely and fully. We begin a project – whether writing […]
A new review of The Artist’s Rule
The lovely Claire over at A Catholic Woman’s Place has posted a review of The Artist’s Rule: Nurturing Your Creative Soul through Monastic Wisdom and has some really wonderful things to say. Here is an excerpt: It is one of the best books I have read in the past decade, one of these works which […]
New guest post at Bliss Chick
Stop by my latest guest post at the fabulous Bliss Chick on The Creative Soul as a Monk in the World. Monastic Wisdom to Nurture Creative Rhythms We have probably all had those times when the creative work just isn’t flowing like we want it to and it seems like such hard work to push […]
Savoring Summer’s Sweet Slowness
Stop by Patheos for my latest reflection: “The summer night is like a perfection of thought.” –Wallace Stevens “What is summer’s sweetness / but an invitation to respond?” —Lynn Ungar My husband and my work schedules run on the academic year which means that we work quite hard from fall through spring, but then summer opens […]
Responding with Compassion
Like you, I have been sitting with the devastating events in Japan, wondering how to respond. We live in times when the global nature of problems and the twenty-four hour coverage regularly overwhelm us. Then we move to a place of numbness and helplessness. I have been bringing this to my times of silent prayer […]