Art, Delight, and the Spiritual Life (a guest post at Anam Cara)
I am delighted to have a guest post up at Anam Cara, the spiritual direction site run by the delightful Tara Owens. Tara asked me to write about “art, delight, and the spiritual life” and here is an excerpt: When Tara asked me to write about art, delight, and the spiritual life it was really that […]
Invitation to Poetry: The Great Journey
Welcome to the Abbey’s 52nd Poetry Party! I select an image and suggest a theme/title and invite you to respond with your own poem. Scroll down and add it in the comments section below. Feel free to take your poem in any direction and then post the image and invitation on your blog (if you have […]
Savoring Summer’s Sweet Slowness
Stop by Patheos for my latest reflection: “The summer night is like a perfection of thought.” –Wallace Stevens “What is summer’s sweetness / but an invitation to respond?” —Lynn Ungar My husband and my work schedules run on the academic year which means that we work quite hard from fall through spring, but then summer opens […]
Review of The Artist’s Rule at Creative Liberty
Liz Massey at Creative Liberty interviewed me about a year ago and now offers a great review of The Artist’s Rule. Here is an excerpt: Christine is a master at using texts from other wisdom traditions beyond Christianity to explain the point she is trying to make in each chapter. This broadens the audience that […]
Sweet Midsummer Blessings (Abbey Sabbatical)
Watermelon You know what summer tastes like—the pink flesh of a generous earth, this rounded life fully ripe, fully flavored. How could you be ashamed at the tug of desire? The world has opened itself to you, season after season. What is summer’s sweetness but an invitation to respond? There is only one way to […]
Beginning Again: Benedictine Wisdom for Living with Chronic Illness (Summer 2011)
If you deal with chronic illness or know someone who does, consider joining Benedictine oblate Judy Smoot this summer to form an online community to explore the ways monastic spirituality can support the journey. . . *If you are interested in joining this program, please register soon so that we can determine if we have […]
New book on lectio divina coming in late May
From the Afterword: The Divine Presence is Everywhere in my newest book Lectio Divina–The Sacred Art: Transforming Words & Images Into Heart-Centered Prayer (click the link to pre-order from Amazon.com or order through your local bookseller): Always We Begin Again It is wise to hold all of these worthy goals with humility. Benedict describes his rule of life […]