Practices for the 12 Days of Christmas
My newest column is available at Patheos: What good is it to me if Mary gave birth to the Son of God fourteen hundred years ago and I do not also give birth to the Son of God in my time and in my culture? We are all meant to be Mothers of God. —Meister […]
Featured Review of Lectio Divina at Englewood Review of Books
Chris Smith at the Englewood Review of Books has featured Lectio Divina–The Sacred Art: Transforming Words & Images into Heart-Centered Prayer this month! I am very honored by his review, here is an excerpt: What distinguishes Paintner’s work from a host of other recent books on lectio divina is its focus on beauty. Paintner is […]
Go in peace, you are loved
Go in peace, you are loved, you are loved Go in peace, you are loved Go with God, you are loved, you are loved Go with God, you are loved The God who wove you in the dark the one whose rough hands made your heart had you in mind before the dawn of time […]
Streams of Contentment
This month at the Patheos Book Club they are featuring Robert Wicks’ new book Streams of Contentment. I was invited to write a post in response to the theme of the book and participate in a conversation abotu contentment. Wicks’ book offers us an array of stories to illuminate this journey toward living a life of […]
Love has come for you
A couple of weeks ago I traveled to Los Angeles for the day. Actually I was only in the “city of angels” for a total of six hours, long enough to get from the airport to the office of the Austrian Consulate where I could submit the paperwork I have been gathering for months now and apply […]
Closer than Our Own Skin (guest post from Beth Patterson)
Beth Patterson at Virtual Tea House offered to write this guest post for the Abbey in support of a new book being published (see below). I am delighted to host her words here. Last Christmas I had what felt very much like my own near death experience (or NDE as Beth writes) and I am very […]
“The Curves of My Longing”
This is a repost of a reflection I wrote for Bliss Chick in the fall of 2009. I have been studying German again in preparation for a possible sabbatical time in Vienna next year and these words have been shimmering for me: O die Kurven meiner Sehnsucht durch das Weltall” / “O the curves of […]