October: Devotional

October: Devotional

God spoke: “Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!” God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good. God blessed them: “Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!”…

October: Lectio Divina

October: Lectio Divina

This Lectio Divina practice is brought to you by Melissa, a Leader in The Abbey and a Spiritual Director. You can connect with Melissa on her website and on Instagram @create_space_melissa. God spoke: “Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!” God created the huge whales, all the swarm…

October: Meditation

October: Meditation

This meditation is brought to you by Melissa, a Leader in The Abbey and a Spiritual Director. You can connect with Melissa on her website and on Instagram @create_space_melissa. In this meditation, Melissa leads us through the practice of “Centering Prayer.”

October: Creative Contemplation

October: Creative Contemplation

Humpbacks There is, all around us,this countryof original fire.You know what I mean.The sky, after all, stops at nothing, so somethinghas to be holdingour bodiesin its rich and timeless stables or elsewe would fly away. Off Stellwagenoff the Cape,the humpbacks rise. Carrying their tonnageof barnacles and joythey leap through the water, they nuzzle back under…