http://www.monkfish-abbey.org/blog notes from a truth seeker Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:42:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm blogging over at Magpie Girl now. Please re-set your RSS feeds and such and come on over! Urban Abbess-type posts appear under the Priestessy Thoughts category. You can also support my new etsy shop. Hope to see you soon! http://www.monkfish-abbey.org/blog/20070704/come-visit/ I've been meaning to hold a book sale for awhile, and now seems like the opportune time. Most of these books are used, some more so than others, but while some may have a bit of underlining, many are brand spanking new and just languishing on my shelves. So here's ... http://www.monkfish-abbey.org/blog/20070626/fire-sale-for-simple-way/ I know I said I wasn't posting here for the summer, but a dear sibling community, Simple Way is in deep need right now. Here's what I wrote at Magpie. If you know Shane and the tribe, or if this situation "rings" with you, please consider giving to these folks ... http://www.monkfish-abbey.org/blog/20070620/simple-way-community-fire/ It is the last day of May and my children are scampering through the sprinklers. It is like miracle, to be this lovely and warm so early in the sunny season. It feels as though the whole city is breathing a sigh of relief and sinking back into the lawn ... http://www.monkfish-abbey.org/blog/20070531/541/ Recently I had lunch with a bunch of visiting pastors and rabbis from the eastern seaboard. One of the women was a Unitarian minister with a jones for Jesus. When I described Monkfish Abbey, she wrote down the "rule" of her congregation. I like it so much, I'm giving it ... http://www.monkfish-abbey.org/blog/20070521/a-different-kind-of-creed/ Two fabulous Sara Vowell quotes to be loved by pomo's everywhere... "The otherside of moral certainty is closed mindedness. Give the choice, I prefer chaos and confusion." "The flight between questions is a workable system" http://www.monkfish-abbey.org/blog/20070519/thought-provoking-quipps/ The week before Mother's Day we did this meditation at Monkfish Abbey. I'm interested in trying to capture images that speak to the feminine aspects of God, and this was our attempt at retrieving our foremother's knowledge, lost to us when only men became the scribes. (Read a little more ... http://www.monkfish-abbey.org/blog/20070516/a-meditation-on-the-feminine-divine/ I hosted a time of healing for the monks a couple of weeks ago. I still feel like it’s very brave of me to do things like this. Even though I’ve been doing them off and on for a couple of years now. Even though they are usually well received. ... http://www.monkfish-abbey.org/blog/20070503/a-healing-rite-with-hot-stones/ My dear friend Jen made this beautiful video about women in Christianity as a part of a course at SPU. I dare you to watch it without crying -- for the beauty and for the sorrow. Watch here. As always, when a woman in the church mentions the injustice and pain ... http://www.monkfish-abbey.org/blog/20070429/then-and-now/ I’m sitting in my darkened bedroom eating leftover pad thai from last night’s dinner at Monkfish Abbey. I didn’t get to eat it last night when it was hot, and fresh, and being enjoyed by a dozen friends. I had a migraine. Since I fell out of remission in mid-February ... http://www.monkfish-abbey.org/blog/20070420/leftovers/