Monk in the World Guest Post: Tarja Cajudo
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Tarja Cajudo’s reflection on the spirituality of being an elder sister, an Ate. I am an Ate (pronounced Ah-teh), the eldest sister. People who speak Tagalog use “Ate” as an honorific, a […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Polly Paton-Brown
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Wisdom Council member Polly Paton-Brown’s reflection“I wanna be where my feet are.” November 6th 2024 was a misty day in the part of the UK where I live. As I walked my dogs, […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Katharine Weinmann
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Katharine Weinmann’s reflection and poem Courting the Mystic and the Muse. Five years ago, with the onset of Covid–19, and grieving the abrupt end of a professional career I had cherished, I […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Sharon Dawn Johnson
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Sharon Dawn Johnson’s reflection Finding My Song, Finding Its Colour. My heart’s deep-down hunger urges me: Enroll in this skincare formulating course! Signing up honours my wild self and her contours—as organic as that […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Melinda Emily Thomas
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to our Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Abbey Program Coordinator Melinda Thomas’s reflection on her new book Elements of Being: A Spiritual Memoir in Verse. The poems started out of necessity. I wanted to write and had a story […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Rick Diehl
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Rick Diehl’s reflection From the Forest to the Desert. For over fifty years I lived in the US Northeast. Taking countless walks in the Thoreauan woods of Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire. […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Laurie vandenHurk
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Laurie vandenHurk’s reflection on praying the Rosary. Sometimes there are no words for prayer. Sometimes silence just opens me to the chatter and anxiety in my brain. A number of years ago […]