Holy Disorder of Dancing Monks (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, I have been engaged in much reflection and wonderful conversation with the Wisdom Council while I take my summer break from teaching. Did you see the video last week of the Catholic bishops gathered […]
Holy Disorder of Dancing Monks
Abbey of the Arts is a global community and virtual monastery. It is co-created by those who long to live into the monk and artist path more fully, knowing the depth and meaning to be found in them. For those of you who want to affiliate with this community, I invite you to consider joining the Holy […]
Monk Manifesto Visual Meditation
Pour yourself a cup of tea, close your eyes, and take three slow deep breaths. Then open your eyes, press play below and enlarge the Vimeo screen, and allow the meditation to take you into the landscape of the Monk Manifesto through art and music. Three minutes inviting you to consider whether you might make being […]
Monk Manifesto – a visual meditation gift for you
Hello my dear and beautiful monks, I have made the long journey across the ocean and am settling into my new home in Vienna, Austria. More about the pilgrimage to be posted here soon as well as photos, but in the meantime I have a present for you! Don’t you just love presents! Pour yourself a […]
Living Contemplatively in the World
As a monk in the world, I am always seeking support for this path. Yesterday I just started reading The Contemplative Heart by James Finley which is about how to live contemplatively in the world beyond the monastery and already in the first forty pages is a great deal of wisdom. Finley describes three aspects to contemplative living in the midst of […]
Monk Manifesto – Reflections and Musings
The idea for the Monk Manifesto emerged several months ago while I was away on a retreat. Last spring was a very full season of my life and I was claiming a few days of silence to listen. I was in a threshold space, moving into my own work more fully, and I knew my call […]
Monk Manifesto
Sign the manifesto! Want to join us in starting a monk revolution? For a PDF version of the Monk Manifesto click the link to download a printable file. The Monk Manifesto is also available in Spanish, German, and Norwegian translations. Click here for PDFs of Manifesto del Monje, Mönchs Manifest, and Munkemanifestet. We invite you to. . . Sign the Monk Manifesto below (scroll all the way to the […]