Urban Abbess Tasks: A Catalogue

- chopp veggies
- simmer soup
- sweep living room and dinning room
-vacuum rug that is getting thread bare
-stack up shoes in entry way
- put away various outdoor ride on toys
- sweep front porch
-set up front porch altar
-dust living room altar, replace flowers
- clear toys off dinning room table
- put away dress up clothes
- freshen up bathroom
- slice bread
- pour wine
- welcome guests
-start communion
-serve supper
-hold space
-say good bye
-clean up kitchen
-recycle paper plates
- wrap communion bread
- rinse chalice
- say prayer beads for the monks
- sleep

addendum:

-hang out with Jen P and kiddos at wading pool
- break plates with six year old daughter who hasn’t known a time w/out war and is angry about it
-chat about collaging with Tonya
- make plans to do art with Celeste
- light candles
- worry-pray-worry
- chat on the phone
-send love notes on email
- shoot a little spiritual direction here and there
- make oatmeal

One Response to “Urban Abbess Tasks: A Catalogue”

  1. Rachel Says:

    I love this reminder that ordinary tasks (make oatmeal, clean toys off table) can be interwoven with explicitly spiritual ones (rinse chalice, shoot a little spiritual direction here and there) into one whole life.