Virtual Book Tour: Interview at Always We Begin Again
Today’s stop is for an interview at Always We Begin Again, a wonderful organization founded by Judy Smoot to support those with chronic illness. Judy is also a Benedictine oblate, and she and her fellow board member Michael Landon both attended Awakening the Creative Spirit a couple of years ago: Some of our readers may […]
Virtual Book Tour: Guest Post at A Photographic Sage – Quieting the Mind through Contemplative Photography
Last week Patricia Turner at A Photographic Sage reviewed my new book and today I offer up a guest post at her blog on Quieting the Mind through Contemplative Photography: Abba Poemen said: “A (person) may seem to be silent, but if his heart is condemning others he is babbling ceaselessly. But there may be […]
Virtual Book Tour: Interview at A Sacred Journey – Planning a Personal Retreat
Today we take a journey over to Lacy Ellman’s blog, A Sacred Journey, where I share some wisdom for planning your own personal retreat. Lacy’s wonderful site focuses on pilgrimage as a powerful metaphor for life and she has attended live programs through the Abbey. Read on for more: What do silence and solitude have […]
Easter blessings (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!) Dearest Monks and Artists, Springtime seems to be breaking out slowly in the northern hemisphere, with its promise of renewal and new beginnings. Here in Galway it has been quite cold and windy these last several days as […]
Jump in the River (a love note from your online Abbess)
Dearest monks and artists, I am having trouble finding the words right now to express the things ripening in my heart. Listen to Joel McKerrow‘s gorgeous performance poem Search which expresses so many layers of what this pilgrimage time has been about for me. His words have been reflecting this journey I am on back to me. Joel says […]
Invitation to Photography: Illuminating Lent
Welcome to the Abbey Photo Party! I select a theme and invite you to respond with images. Lent begins this week on Ash Wednesday, that beautiful ritual of acknowledging our earthiness and limitations, and responding to the call to enter deeply into this sacred time of prayer and practice. This week, go on a photo […]
Give Me a Word 2013 random drawing winners!
More than 800 people shared their word for 2013! It is truly amazing and inspiring to read through the submissions, so consider pouring a cup of tea and perusing what others have posted. Please feel welcome to share your word, even though the date for being entered into the random drawing has passed (see winners below). […]