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November 2011

November 09, 2011

{Practicing Benedict} Nothing More Important

Welcome to Mama:Monk’s weekly Wednesday series examining St. Benedict’s Rule and what it is teaching me about...

November 02, 2011

{Practicing Benedict} The God who comes

Welcome to Mama:Monk’s weekly Wednesday series examining St. Benedict’s Rule and what it has meant to me...

October 2011

October 26, 2011

{Practicing Benedict} Nothing harsh or burdensome

Welcome to Mama:Monk's weekly Wednesday series examining St. Benedict's Rule and what it has meant to me...

October 19, 2011

{Practicing Benedict} Prayer and Anything Worthwhile

“My words are addressed to you especially, whoever you may be, whatever your circumstances, who...

October 13, 2011

Attention and Awareness

"It is attention and awareness, in other words, that the Rule of Benedict brings to...

July 2011

July 22, 2011

Do Not Easily Leave: A Small Reflection for a Friday

“Someone asked [St. Anthony]: ‘What must one do in order to please God?’ The old...

July 07, 2011

Why I wish I lived in a commune.

In honor of this little vacation I'm on with some of my favorites, this post...

April 2011

April 04, 2011

The Pen Effect

In the past 9 years, I’ve lived in three very different cities: Syracuse, Philadelphia, and...

March 2011

March 04, 2011

Psalm 31

Listen, I love you readers and you don’t deserve this but I’m going to complain...

February 2011

February 21, 2011

Happy Anniversary, Mama:Monk!

Yes, my friends, it has been one full year of bloggerdom. And in honor of...

February 17, 2011

Preserve Me, O God

When I first began this blog, I was making a Benedictinian effort to spend my...

February 11, 2011

Three Vows

Remember how I’m reading through Esther de Waal’s Living With Contradiction? I’ll admit I’m slow-going...

February 04, 2011

Meditation

"How Meditation May Change the Brain," an article published in the New York Times last...

January 2011

January 26, 2011

Dawn, Day, Dusk, Dark

Yesterday I mentioned Scot Sherman’s sermon from this past Sunday. One of the stories he...

January 21, 2011

Weakness and Acceptance

There’s a point in pregnancy when you suddenly think: “Something’s wrong with me!” Of course,...

January 10, 2011

Wholeness in Contradiction: A New Year’s Resolution

“We are all seeking wholeness,” the amazing Esther de Waal writes in Living with Contradiction:...

January 06, 2011

Why I wish I lived in a commune.

I just rode home in the back seat of a Volkswagen with two seventeen year...

December 2010

December 01, 2010

Good Words

A couple of weeks ago, Matt Nault, one of the pastors at my church, spoke...

November 2010

November 29, 2010

The Waiting

Yesterday was the first day of Advent. The word comes from the Latin, “Adventus,” which...

October 2010

October 08, 2010

St. Benedict and the Complainy Pregnant Lady.

This has not been an easy week for rest. Last weekend when we moved, all...

September 2010

September 01, 2010

Ah, Stability.

“All stability challenges us to engage the people where we are. We do not listen...

August 2010

August 11, 2010

Making Room for God

This afternoon during August’s nap time I read Psalm 10 while I curled up under...

July 2010

July 25, 2010

Come, Holy Ghost

This morning in our worship service, I opened my leaflet and got all giddy for...

July 21, 2010

Great Silence

Making the shift from normal life into a Benedictine monastery is shocking. It’s frightening. It...

July 20, 2010

Why I’m thankful for Brother Shawn.

It is Thankful Tuesday and I, after having been MIA for almost a week, am...

June 2010

June 22, 2010

Adjusting

It’s been one week since we arrived home from a ten-day trip out east to...

May 2010

May 23, 2010

Stability

Of the vows Benedictine monks take, the one I haven’t yet mentioned is that of...

May 23, 2010

Stability

Of the vows Benedictine monks take, the one I haven’t yet mentioned is that of...

May 12, 2010

Gently, Truthfully, Simply

We should speak gently and seriously with words that are weighty and restrained. We should...

May 06, 2010

A Small Victory in Hospitality-Land

Last night we threw a dinner party. For ten people. It was a last minute...