SHARE YOUR WORD FOR 2019 In ancient times, wise men and women fled out into the desert to find a place where they could be fully present to God and to their own inner struggles at work within them. The desert became a place to enter into the refiner's fire and be stripped down to one's holy ... read more
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New Year Blessings! What is your word for the year? ~ A love note from your online abbess
To the New Year With what stillness at last you appear in the valley your first sunlight reaching down to touch the tips of a few high leaves that do not stir as though they had not noticed and did not know you at all then the voice of a dove calls from far away in itself to the hush of ... read more
Give Me a Word (and second annual Abbey New Year Giveaway)
Last year I offered the invitation to my readers to consider a word shimmering for them that might carry them throughout the year. There were 140 beautiful postings and I later created a Wordle from the entries as a celebration of the prayers gathered. I offer the same invitation this year and ... read more
Give Me a Word 2021
SHARE YOUR WORD FOR 2021 In ancient times, wise men and women fled out into the desert to find a place where they could be fully present to the divine and to their own inner struggles at work within them. The desert became a place to enter into the refiner's fire and be stripped down to one's holy ... read more
Give Me a Word 2020 Prize Drawing Winners
Thank you to everyone for sharing your word for the year! The winners of the prize drawing are: Self Study Retreat of Your Choice Maryrose Coughlin - Divine Kat Dub - Transform Betty Cooper - Becoming Grace McGuire - Listen Donna Summerford Bennard - Healthy One signed copy of The Soul's ... read more
Embracing Mystery in the New Year: Ten Essential Practices
Let mystery have its place in you; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the plowshare of self-examination, but leave a little fallow corner in your heart ready for any seed the winds may bring, and reserve a nook of shadow for the passing bird; keep a place in your heart for the ... read more
Give Me a Word 2020
SHARE YOUR WORD FOR 2020 In ancient times, wise men and women fled out into the desert to find a place where they could be fully present to the divine and to their own inner struggles at work within them. The desert became a place to enter into the refiner's fire and be stripped down to one's holy ... read more
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