For Trust in Abundance ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
For Trust in Abundance*Spirit of Generous Abundance,remind us there is always more than enough—enough food, enough love, enough time, enough resources.Help us to see how our disconnected patterns of livingamplify our scarcity.Bring us into the joy and challenge of communitywhere bread divided multiplies, where laughter shared overflows.Empower us to share freely from our own abundancewith […]
Earth, Our Original Monastery
A 7-week companion retreat to the book by Christine Valters Paintner with all new material from Christine and guest teachers to guide you into deeper intimacy with creation.
Monk in the World Guest Post: Rachel M. Srubas
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Rachel M. Srubas’ reflection and poems “Anchorheld: A Trinity (after Julian of Norwich).” One spring day in 2023, feeling bereft and spiritually adrift, I turned to Julian of Norwich. Her fourteenth-century book, Revelations of […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: The Rev. Dr. William Carl Thomas
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for The Rev. Dr. William Carl Thomas’ reflection on a balcony perspective, humility, and illuminating God’s love in the world. I recognize that I interact in the world on the dance floor while […]
Monk in the World Guest Post + Summer Sale ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest dancing monks, artists, and pilgrims, Each week we are delighted to feature a reflection from our community in the Monk in the World guest post series. There are so many talented writers and artists at the Abbey and we love giving our dancing monks a chance to share their work. Submissions to the 2026-2027 publication calendar […]
Sustainers Circle 2026-2027
Aug 1, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026 @ 12:00 am IST –
Program runs August 2026 – June 2027
At Abbey of the Arts we celebrate financial accessibility and strive to make all of our programs available to those who long to participate. We want to gather a core circle of financial supporters for the 2026-2027 academic year to help keep our offerings and our community open and accessible to all who desire a contemplative and creative life.
Lectio Divina: The Sacred Art of Reading the World
Jan 11, 2027 – Feb 7, 2027 @ 3:30 pm GMT – 4:30 pm GMT –
with Christine Valters Paintner, Carmen Acevedo Butcher, Cassidhe Hart, Jo-ed Tome, Lisha Epperson, and Richard Bruxvoort Colligan
Join us for an introduction to the practice of lectio divina where you will also be invited deeper into creative ways of engaging the rhythms of lectio through movement, poetry, praying with images (visio divina), praying with sound (audio divina), praying with nature, and praying with the sacred stories of our lives.