Monk in the World Guest Post: Sharon Fabriz
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Sharon Fabriz’s reflection “A Jigsaw of Light: Hildegard’s Gift.” Spirit of Mercy and Grace, born from the infinite womb of creationteach this vessel its song… (1) With the help of my psycho-spiritual […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Therese Taylor-Stinson
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Wisdom Council member and Centering Prayer leader Therese Taylor-Stinson’s reflection Silence and the Oppressed. This article was originally published on NextChurch.net and is reprinted with permission from the author. People of color […]
To Be is a Blessing: An Online Retreat for Advent
Dec 1, 2024 – Dec 2, 2024 @ 4:00 pm GMT – 6:00 pm GMT –
Christine and John Valters Paintner, Sybil MacBeth, and guest teachers
This Advent, join us for a retreat in which we cultivate a spirituality of blessing. Together we will nurture gratitude, joy, hope, and delight in the beauty of our lives in the midst of a hurting world. We won’t be denying or bypassing that woundedness but resourcing ourselves with a sense of abundance at the heart of things. We will resist a culture that strives to wear us down and leave us feeling hopeless.
Monk in the World Guest Post: Rosemary McMahan
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Rosemary McMahan’s reflection and poem Today. As a monk and artist, my primary medium is poetry, crafted in response to the wise instructions of our spiritual ancestor, Pelagius, who advised, “Write down with […]
Cultivating Seeds of Liberation – Prayer Cycle Launch and 20th anniversary celebration!
May 2, 2025 @ 4:00 pm IST – 5:30 pm IST –
with Christine Valters Paintner and guest writers and musicians
Join Abbey of the Arts for this free event as we celebrate the start of our 20th year of supporting monks and artists in transformative living! We will also be launching our brand new prayer cycle of morning and evening prayer on the theme of Cultivating Seeds of Liberation.
Monk in the World Guest Post: Kellie D. Brown
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to our Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Kellie Brown’s reflection on walking with care in a body that is chronically ill, and her poem Circumambulate. The wise philosopher-teacher of Ecclesiastes wrote: “A generation goes, and a generation comes,/but the […]
Creating New Beginnings in Times of Unravelling ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
A Blessing for Hope*Dreamkeeper,bless me with vision to see the possibilities for this hurting and broken world. Help me to remember that hope is not a thingbut an action, I cannot know that what I do is of any consequence, but I must do something. I must walk in trustthat I plant seeds for others,that […]