Clutter Bulimia
We’re getting ready to have a large spring sale at the bookstore where I work. Selected titles will be discounted 30% — and “selected” means close to a fourth of our current inventory, so there are...
View ArticleWhat You Want
Currently I’m participating in the Writing and Journal Keeping weekend at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit. As I’ve seen in other writer’s gatherings that I’ve participated in, a major topic of...
View ArticleThe Two Faces of Restlessness
Yesterday at the Lay Cistercian Gathering Day we had a class on the monastic vow of stability (Cistercian monks have three vows: Stability, Obedience, and Conversion of Life). The brother who taught...
View ArticleLife is a Pilgrimage — So Embrace the Journey
Christine Valters Painter is one of the most creative and visionary of spiritual directors with a meaningful online presence. Her website, Abbey of the Arts, functions as a sort of “cyber-cloister,” a...
View ArticleAre Art and Mysticism Two Sides of the Same Coin?
I’ve been thinking about the relationship between contemplation and creativity. This is inspired in part by the many contemplatives who are also artists. We see this in the past — think of William...
View ArticleOur Common Call to Contemplation, Communion and Creativity
Today’s Guest Post is by Sr. Julia Walsh, FSPA. Sr. Julia is a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration; she is a youth and retreat minister, writer and activist. Read more of her writing at...
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