Dreaming of Stones (eBook)

Poems

Christine Valters Paintner (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
128 Seiten
Paraclete Press (Verlag)
978-1-64060-235-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The poems in Dreaming of Stones are about what endures: hope and desire, changing seasons, wild places, love, and the wisdom of mystics. Inspired by the poet's time living in Ireland these readings invite you into deeper ways of seeing the world. They have an incantational quality. Drawing on her commitment as a Benedictine oblate, the poems arise out of a practice of sitting in silence and lectio divina, in which life becomes the holy text.


 


No stranger to poetry, Paintner's bestselling spirituality titles have often included poems. In this first exclusively poetic collection, she writes with a contemplative heart about kinship with nature, ancestral connections, intimacy, the landscape, the unfolding nature of time, and Christian mystics. It can be read for reflection to spark the heart and to offer solace and inspiration in difficult times. 

Breath

This


breathing


in is a miracle,


this breathing out, release,


this breathing in a welcome to


the unseen gifts which sustain me each


moment, this breathing out a sweet sigh,


a bow to my mortality, this breathing in


a holy yes to life, this breathing out


a sacred no to all that causes


me to clench and grasp,


this breathing in is a


revelation, this


breathing out,


freedom.

Autor

Christine Valters Paintner, PhD, REACE is the online Abbess of Abbey of the Arts, a virtual monastery and global, ecumenical community integrating contemplative practice and creative expression. She is a Benedictine oblate living on the west coast of Ireland with her husband John. Together they lead pilgrimages and retreats in Ireland, Scotland, Germany, and Austria. Christine is the author of twelve books on spirituality, monastic wisdom, creativity, and the arts including The Artist's Rule and The Soul's Slow Ripening.  Her poems have been published in journals in the U.S., Canada, Ireland, and the UK.  

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.3.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Paraclete Poetry
• Verlagsort: ORLEANS
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
• Schlagworte: Abbey of the Arts • accept the invitation • Ancestral connections • Beautiful • benedictine • benedictine community • benedictine oblate • benedictine poetry • Benedictine Spirituality • books about connecting with nature • books for inspiration • books for solace • Brigid • Celtic • Celtic poetry • Celtic Spirituality • Christian contemplative practices • christian mysticism • christian mystics • Christine Valters Paintner • contemplative • contemplative practice • creative expression • Dreaming • Expressive Arts • heart and spirit • Heartfelt • inspiration in difficult times • Ireland • Irish poems • kinship with nature • Lectio Divina • modern poetry books • monastic spirituality • Mystical • Oblate • Patrick • Poetry • poetry about Ireland • poetry about saints • Practice • sink into words • sitting in silence • solace in difficult times • Thin Place • wisdom of mystics • yes to life
• ISBN-10: 1-64060-235-6 / 1640602356
• ISBN-13: 978-1-64060-235-9 / 9781640602359