Monk in the World Guest Post: Rita Simon
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Rita Simon’s reflection, Spaciousness Between Our Branches. In our community, we are blessed to have a new park along the Chippewa River that has paved paths which allow us to walk our monthly […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Kate Kennington Steer
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Kate Kennington Steer’s reflection “following feelings . . . “ I have always felt that, for a photographer obsessed with ways of seeing, I am particularly poor at discernment. Having studied English at […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: John Spiesman
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for John Spiesman’s reflection “Dream, Dream, Dream.” As noted by Christine Valters Paintner in The Soul’s Slow Ripening (Sorin, 2018), dreams were respected as signs and invitations from God to a calling bigger than our […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Laurel Pepin
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Laurel Pepin’s reflection, “My spiritual practice of receiving light.” In the beginning was light. The light of the universe, brought into being in an unimaginably short moment. Light and energy, energy and […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Emily Lasinsky, PhD
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Emily Lasinsky’s reflection “Being a Teacher-Monk in the World.” My identity is deeply rooted in being a creator. Integrated within this identity are the roles of artist, writer, and teacher. At the […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Rochelle Rawson Naylor
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Rochelle Rawson Naylor’s reflection on grief and living with a loved one who has dementia. The journey of grief is often seen as beginning at a fixed point in time with a loved one’s […]
A Monk in the World: A Day of Contemplation, Creativity, and Connection
Feb 5, 2023 @ 9:00 am EST – 4:30 pm EST – THIS EVENT IS CANCELED Register Now Program Description “I commit to cultivating community by finding kindred spirits along the path, soul friends with whom I can share my deepest longings, and mentors who can offer guidance and wisdom for the journey.” – Abbey of the Arts Monk Manifesto: Third PrincipleCommunity is a foundational principle of […]