Sacred Artist Interview: Stacy Wills
I met Stacy Wills through my blog, and as always, was absolutely delighted to come across a talented artist who weaves a spiritual vision into her creative work and my special interest in bringing the arts to spiritual direction. Stacy’s mandalas are beautiful and a wonderful tool for meditation and centering. I am captivated by […]
Sacred Artist Interview: Sybil Archibald
Sybil Archibald, also know as Painter of Blue, has a blog dedicated to spirituality and art and loves medieval illuminations (so you know I was going to like her right from the start). She has even co-authored a book called Lapis and Gold, on reclaiming the original tools and methods of medieval artists. We have only […]
The Rise & Fall of Everything
I awoke this morning and took Abbess Petunia for her walk. The sky is grey and drizzly here in Seattle, just the kind of weather I love when I have a lot of writing to do. Checking into my favorite blogs I found a couple of very thoughtful posts on Easter that wrestle with the […]
Patterns and Imaginary Walls
Last week I had the joy of going to hear Michael Meade speak. He is a mythologist who weaves folktales, myths, drumming, and singing into his wise talks about navigating complex times. As always, as I listened to his words much stirred in me, some of which I am sure will appear in this space. […]
“Everywhere I look I see fire”
In the dead of night he suddenly beheld a flood of light shining down from above more brilliant than the sun, and . . . the whole world was gathered up before his eyes in what appeared to be a single ray of light. –The Life and Miracles of Saint Benedict by Pope St. Gregory […]
Altar for an Unknown God
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 […]
Invitation to Poetry: From Dust to Dust
Poetry Party No. 32! I select an image and suggest a title and invite you to respond with your poems, words, reflections, quotes, song lyrics, etc. Leave them in the comments or email me and I’ll add them to the body of the post as they come in along with a link back to your blog […]