The Artist’s Rule chosen as one of the year’s best!
The wonderful folks over at Spirituality and Practice have chosen The Artist’s Rule as one of their 50 best books of the year under the category of Creativity. You can buy a copy of The Artist’s Rule: Nurturing Your Creative Soul with Monastic Wisdom at Amazon.com or from your local bookseller. Interested in hearing more […]
Words of the Heart
To see the word cloud enlarged either click on the image or click here Nearly 300 of you responded to my invitation to allow a word to choose you which you might live into for the coming year. The responses have been inspiring, beautiful, and profound. Pour yourself a cup of tea and linger over them and listen […]
Letting a Word Choose You
I invited you the other day to offer a word which is calling to you for this coming year. The responses have been so beautiful and inspiring (I encourage you to stop by and read them!) For some of you the word may have come right away, but for some you may desire a word […]
Invitation to Poetry: Words for the Heart
Welcome to our Poetry Party #43! I select an image and suggest a theme/title and invite you to respond with your poems or other reflections. Add your responses in the comments section. Feel free to take your poem in any direction (ie, you can break the “rules” suggested below) and then post the image and invitation on your blog […]
Body-Words of Love
I am fashioned as a galaxy, Not as a solid substance but a mesh Of atoms in their far complexity Forming the pattern of my bone and flesh. Small solar systems are my eyes, Muscle and sinew are composed of air. Like comets flashing through the evening skies My blood runs, ordered, arrogant, and fair. […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Jodi Blazek Gehr
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Jodi Blazek Gehr’s reflection on her word for the year. Choosing a word to focus on each year has become a nourishing, soulful ritual. I love participating in an ancient practice of contemplation […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Jodi Blazek Gehr
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Jodi Blazek Gehr’s reflection on gratitude, wonder, and the sweet spot of life. As a Benedictine Oblate of a monastic community about 90 minutes from home, driving the country roads of the […]
