A Different Kind of Fast: Part Three – Embrace Trust
* This is the third part of a seven-part series we will publish weekly during this Lenten season. My word for this year is surplus. It is a word which has been working on me for some time now. A couple of summers ago I was pondering how to make the work I love so much […]
Featured Poet: Jan Richardson
Last spring we launched a series with poets whose work we love and want to feature and will continue it moving forward. Our next poet is Jan Richardson whose recent work is centered on grief, hope, and fierce, enduring love. Read her poetry and discover more about the connections she makes between poetry and the […]
Monk in the World: Jennifer Trently
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Jennifer Trently’s reflection on finding and extending hospitality in the midst of death. Having committed myself to be a Monk in the World for the past seven years, I have found that […]
A Different Kind of Fast: A Seven-Part Series for Lent
This week we enter the long desert of the Lenten season. If you participate in a liturgical service, most likely you will be marked with the sign of ashes and the words “from dust you came and to dust you shall return” will echo through the sanctuary space again and again. St. Benedict writes in […]
Monk in the World: Work 4 ~ Guided Meditation by Christine + Audio ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, During this Jubilee year of sabbatical we are revisiting our Monk Manifesto by moving slowly through the Monk in the World retreat materials together every Sunday. Each week will offer new reflections on the theme and every six weeks will introduce a new principle. Principle 5: I commit to bringing myself fully present to […]
Monk in the World: Work 3 ~ Reflection by Christine + Audio
Dear monks, artists, and pilgrims, During this Jubilee year of sabbatical we are revisiting our Monk Manifesto by moving slowly through the Monk in the World retreat materials together every Sunday. Each week will offer new reflections on the theme and every six weeks will introduce a new principle. Read on or click below to listen to […]
Featured Poet: Jeanne Murray Walker
Last spring we launched a series with poets whose work we love and want to feature and will continue it moving forward. Our next poet is Jeanne Murray Walker whose recent work was created through the discipline of a sonnet format. Read her poetry and discover more about the connections she makes between poetry and the […]