Invitation to Community Lectio Divina: Honoring Saints & Ancestors
With November we offer a new invitation for contemplation. Our focus for this month is honoring saints and ancestors. The month of November is traditionally a time when the Christian Community remembers those who have died. And so we are inviting you to welcome in the wisdom of those who have gone before us. I invite you into […]
Miriam on the Shores (a love note from your online Abbess)
Miriam on the Shores “All the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.” –Exodus 15:20 Her skirt hangs heavy with seawater, staccato breath after running from death. She can still feel soldiers reaching out to seize her blouse before the waves caved in. Collapsing on dry earth for a moment, the impulse to […]
Invitation to Photography: Letting Go
Welcome to this month’s Abbey Photo Party! I select a theme and invite you to respond with images. We began this month with a Community Lectio Divina practice with our reflection on letting go from the story in the Gospel of Luke. I invite you for this month’s Photo Party to hold these words in your heart as you go out in the […]
Invitation to Community Lectio Divina: Luke 18:22-23
With October we offer a new invitation for contemplation. Our focus for this month is letting go. In the northern hemisphere it is the season of fall when nature begins to release what is not necessary. What are you called to shed in your own spiritual garden? I invite you into a lectio divina practice with some words from the Gospel […]
Guest Post on Hildegard of Bingen: Megan Hoyt
Megan Hoyt has recently published, Hildegard’s Gift, a children’s book about Hildegard of Bingen (whose feast day is September 17th and is, of course, one of our dancing monks!) Here Megan offers a few reflections on the impact of Hildegard for her: I first “met” St. Hildegard of Bingen when a friend shared her chants with […]
Invitation to Photography: Harvesting the Inner Garden
Welcome to this month’s Abbey Photo Party! I select a theme and invite you to respond with images. We began this month with a Community Lectio Divina practice with our reflection on the harvest in the Parable from the Gospel of Mark. I invite you for this month’s Photo Party to hold these words in your heart as you go out in […]
Invitation to Community Lectio Divina: Mark 4:26-29
With September we return to our monthly invitations for contemplation. Our focus for this month is harvest. In the northern hemisphere it is the season for gathering the fruits of our labors. What are you called to harvest in your own spiritual garden? I invite you into a lectio divina practice with some words from the Gospel of Mark. How Community Lectio […]