Disruption and disturbance: Gethsemani days V

Disruption and disturbance: Gethsemani days V

by | Dec 23, 2021 | OPENstudio

Otherings. Peopling. and I add to it; liturgying. I woke with a disgruntled-ness in me. This is fine, I know what I can do to move it on and through to a higher, kinder mental state.  I woke at 1am. This isn’t altogether odd, albeit early even for me, but I was...
Out of my head: Gethsemani days IV

Out of my head: Gethsemani days IV

by | Dec 22, 2021 | OPENstudio

It’s made me curious that there are two young men here with red hair. Not red red like my guys, but definably red, for sure.  Maybe some of the others here are technically redheads as well, though I’ll never know it because the evidence has turned white…....
Monk on a Bike: Gethsemani days III

Monk on a Bike: Gethsemani days III

by | Dec 21, 2021 | OPENstudio

I’ve just attended None. It is the Liturgy of the Hours that is placed after the monks afternoon nap, is how I see it. Lunch, or dinner as it’s called here, happens at 12:30 directly following 12:15 Sext. I can’t get into what each Liturgy is or why it is, all I...
24 hours and the devil: Gethsemani days II

24 hours and the devil: Gethsemani days II

by | Dec 20, 2021 | OPENstudio

It’s 1:45pm. My bewitching hour hits sooner, faster, here than it does at home. And I can’t stroll around the yard talking to you on the phone about the existential struggle I feel I am in, which in the end-the strolling and talking-serve the struggle just as it...
On the Brink of Everything: Gethsemani days I

On the Brink of Everything: Gethsemani days I

by | Dec 19, 2021 | OPENstudio

Life forever invites us to grow into new challenges, new adventures, new opportunities to learn and to serve.What is your growing edge?Parker Palmer/Carrie Newcomer Look well to the growing edge!Howard Thurman I am here and it is as expected. Though, this suggests...