Archive - Cloister Notes

On Hospitality and the longing for transformation. Some take aways from the Oval Office debacle.

Letters to America #4: Is the darkness the darkness of the tomb or the womb?

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February 2025

It Has Been Dark Before: MLK's recipe for love.

A (Mid)weekly Blessing to remind us, that darkness cannot drive out darkness.

Feb 27 •

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Join our End of Winter Solitude 2025

Looking forward meeting you all live via zoom on March 1.

Feb 27 •

Taking refuge in an old Berlin church where Bonhoeffer once taught.

A photo meditation on breathing walls and speaking stones; and a blessing for the weary pilgrim.

Feb 20 •

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On doing the next thing.

A (mid) weekly blessing for all who feel like hiding.

Feb 6 •

January 2025

On Thresholds and new beginnings.

A (mid) weekly blessing for all who venture.

Jan 30 •

On sunrise rituals, small acts of care, and finding light in dark times.

A (mid)weekly blessing for all who resist.

Jan 24 •

On ice flowers, temper tantrums, and what I learned from MLK about being human:

Have you ever felt like arriving at the new year butt first? I did.First my husband left for a work week in DC. I thought that could be fun until I…

Published on Cloister Notes • Jan 20

The pilgrimage blues and the peeling of Self: A conversation between Kierkegaard and Richard Rohr.

Did Mary had the pilgrimage blues too? A conversation and a blessing for the weary pilgrim.

Jan 16 •

Beyond Epiphany: Reading the wise (Wo)men journey inwardly with Hildegard of Bingen.

In her Christmas homilies the medieval Abbess Hildegard of Bingen invites us to translate the Epiphany story into the soul’s journey towards new life…

Published on Cloister Notes • Jan 12

Wrapping up the journey. A Blessing and a Farewell

Thank you for traveling with us through this Christmas time.

Jan 7 •

12th Day of Christmas: Surprised by Joy ✨

On Christmas Pageants, Leaping Beyond Comfort Zones, and Epiphanies

Jan 5 •

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