Monk in the World Guest Post: Rachel Grenier
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to our Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Rachel Grenier’s reflection “Returning to the Path.” When I sat down with my devotional this morning, I realized it had been a month since I had last cracked its cover. My days […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Marlene Kropf
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Marlene Kropf’s reflection on practices of solitude, shared prayer, and contemplative walking. Monasteries are favored retreat spaces for my husband and me. When we travel, we seek out monastic communities along the way and […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Anne Marie Vencill
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to our Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Anne Marie Vencill’s reflection on the art of quilting as a spiritual practice. An email set me on my quest to be a monk in the world. It simply said, “I discovered Abbey […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Nancy L. Agneberg
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to our Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Nancy Agneberg’s reflection “Summer Spirituality.” “May you breathe in the beauty of summer with its power of transformation.” I have a confession to make. I am not a summer person. I don’t like […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Anne MacDermaid
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to our Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Anne MacDermaid’s reflection “Just Like Me.” “Breathe in compassion, breathe out regret,” has become my mantra, something soothing in the small and wakeful hours of the night, something to inhale like a […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Anne Knorr
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Anne Knorr’s reflection, “Forgiveness – A Path to Internal Spaciousness.” Motoring thru the waterways of the Inside Passage from Anacortes, Washington to Glacier Bay, Alaska opened my heart to an untamed splendor […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Julia Casciola
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Julia Casciola’s reflection, “Feather on the Breath of God.” The monk archetype has long been my comfort zone; I have been a lover of silence, solitude, beauty, nature, prayer and listening, while working […]