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A Monastic community in the Anglican Episcopal tradition.
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Forgiveness is essential to our spiritual well-being; it is the necessary outcome of loving one another as God has loved us.
In this powerful reflection, Br. David Vryhof reminds us that even when forgiveness isn't easy, it is necessary.
If you want to experience new life, if you long to be filled afresh with the Spirit, don’t give up, keep asking, keep praying.
Br. Geoffrey Tristram digs deep into the story of the Samaritan woman at the well and finds there a call to persistence and faith.
The freely given and undeserved favor of God is like a fountain eternally overflowing with the living water of forgiveness, transformation, and new life.
Br. Jamie Nelson suggests we read the familiar parable of the prodigal son as the Parable of the Father Offering Grace, and invites us to consider how we might participate in the grace economy
I know that my own will and agency are ultimately insufficient to rise above not only the systemic evil that we all swim in, but even, and especially, my own little sins.
Br. Lain Wilson reflects on the invitation to surrender and trust in the mercy of God.
As boring and unexciting as this may seem, genuine humility creates space for us to serve God.
In a world where we are driven to be extreme, Br. Jack Crowley reminds us that real humility begins with being honest and genuine.
We keep needing to be saved from our limits, graced by expansion from power beyond.
Br. Luke Ditewig invites us to expand our imagination and ask what is ours to do to accept the gift of God's love.
Peace came in a surrender of his greatness to God for God to use as God chose.
Br. Curtis Almquist reflects on how the experience of crisis, in the life of George Herbert, can lead to transformation of life and peace with one's destiny.
Different ages demand different kinds of prayer. In today’s world, Esther and her gritty, passionate, demanding, and even angry prayer, may be a model for us.
Br. James Koester sees in Esther an invitation to offer to God real, true, and honest prayer.
To be like God does not require our reaching out toward unfettered power, privilege, and prestige, and so separate ourselves from God, as did our first parents.
Br. James Koester reflects on the desire to be like God as leading to so much evil in our world, and reminds us that to be like God is rather found in acts of humble service and mercy.
Each day’s cross carries its own little splinters, its own knots in the wood, and it can rub us the wrong way on different days.
Br. Jack Crowley invites us to remember that we don't bear our cross each day for no reason; we bear it to follow Jesus.
Courageous people do not see themselves as courageous. They did what needed to be done, what they had prepared for or promised.
On the feast of Janani Luwum, Br. Curtis Almquist urges us to overlay our confession with what we know about the suffering, injustice, and cruelty that surrounds us, and what we are prepared to do about it.
The order of reality we choose – consciously or unconsciously – is the story that molds our most basic experiences.
Br. Keith Nelson urges us to claim the order of reality to which we belong, which can make real our resistance.
Over the last 37 years I have begun to explore the hidden passages of my soul that lie at the bottom of my own forgotten staircase.
Br. James Koester, in his reflection on how he has changed over decades in community, invites us to notice how what we want and need similarly can change and be stripped down to the essentials.
We are called to belong to each other; indeed, God created us to belong to each other.
Although so many of us may feel cut off, isolated, and turned inward, Br. Lain Wilson reflects on Jesus' healing of the deaf man as an invitation for us how and to whom we belong.
For balance in life, serving, resting, and praying, we need times alone as well as together.
In his reflection on the life of St. Scholastica, Br. Luke Ditewig recognizes the tension and opportunity in our need for both solitude and community, in being alone and together with God.
The faithful testimony of Simeon and Anna, though, reminds us of one truth: Jesus comes to meet us, whether we’re ready or not.
On the feast of the Presentation, Br. Lain Wilson invites us to meet Jesus with clear eyes, open hands, and ready hearts.
I have found monastic life such a good fit to love living and to live loving. I have experienced the truth in Jesus’ parable about “the pearl of great price.”
Br. Curtis Almquist reflects on his call to a place to belong and abide, and the invitations offered him by God and the monastic life for his ongoing conversion.
Martyrdom is not simply about dying violently. It is about surrendering our lives, by living with integrity and without fear.
Br. James Koester explores God's call to each of us, as baptized members of the body of Christ, to be witnesses, martyrs, to the power of the resurrection.
Jesus invited his disciples into a life full of truth. We have been given this same invitation.
Br. Jack Crowley reflects on Jesus' invitation to his disciples, and us, to be courageously vulnerable in our encounter with God.
Abiding in Christ helps us to maintain equanimity, to be steady even in the midst of turmoil, so that we may live without fear or worry, and dwell in the freedom and peace God intends for us.
Br. David Vryhof reflects on the importance of developing equanimity, of finding stability and peace in God, for navigating the changes and chances of life in community.
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