Healing the Wounds of Spiritual Abuse + New Dancing Monk Icon ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, This Saturday, August 20th, Wisdom Council member and friend Dr. Jamie Marich is leading a retreat on Healing the Wounds of Spiritual Abuse. Jamie is the founder of the Institute for Creative Mindfulness, the practice of Dancing Mindfulness, and has presented this creative movement in many of our programs. For this retreat Jamie […]
Day 4: Our Lady of Silence & Our Lady of the Underworld
Prayer Cycle / Birthing the Holy / Day 4 Video, Audio and Written Guides for Morning and Evening Prayer Morning Prayer Evening Prayer Make A Donation Buy Birthing the Holy book Journey with the Companion Retreat Morning Prayer: Our Lady of Silence OPENING PRAYER Holy Mary, Lady of Silence, we come to you in quiet […]
Monk Manifesto + Updated Artwork ~ A Love Note From Your Online Abbess
Dearest monk, artists, and pilgrims, I want to share a brand new video for our Monk Manifesto principles! We originally had our wonderful companion illustrations created about twelve years ago. They were delightful but in recent times, with our own growing awareness, we have realized they could be even more inclusive of a diversity of people than […]
Dancing Monk Icon Cards Completion Packs
Over the last couple of years we have added some more dancing monks to our icon card set: Melangell of Powys, Muirgen of Lough Neagh, Clare of Assisi, and Julian of Norwich. This summer we have added four additional ones: Howard Thurman, Nicholas Black Elk, Sister Thea Bowman, and Abba Anthony the Great. Because many […]
Lectio Divina: The Sacred Art of Reading the World
A 6-week online companion retreat to the book Lectio Divina — The Sacred Art: Transforming Words & Images into Heart-Centered Prayer. Guided by Christine & John Valters Paintner.
Way of the Monk, Path of the Artist starts tomorrow! ~ A love note from your online abbess
Dearest monks and artists, With our Way of the Monk, Path of the Artist online retreat starting tomorrow, I offer you these lovely and wise words from Sister Macrina Wiederkehr, who so generously wrote the preface to my book The Artist’s Rule: “When Benedict of Nursia abandoned his studies in Rome, he found his way […]
The World Begins to Flower ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest monks and artists, Beltane (which means bright fire) is another of the cross-quarter days, representing the mid-point between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice and it is often experienced at the height of spring. In Ireland it is considered to be the beginning of summer and the beginning of the light half of […]