Reimagining Spiritual Disciplines
Trinity Lakeside Abbey Newsletter Epiphany and Lent 2026 Citing the rich formational life of monastic communities, author Jared Patrick Boyd, in Finding Freedom in Constraint: Reimagining Spiritual Disciplines as a Communal Way of Life, invites us to such a life today. He writes, “I have just one hope for you: that you can begin a…
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Bright New Beginnings
This Christmas, visiting family members meant late-night trips to DFW Airport. In the dim light of night and road construction complicating already complex airport navigation, I strained to see the construction signs directing the maze of roads to Terminal D. The way was so confusing that my son’s Uber driver became hopelessly lost inside the…
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Finding Rest at the Abbey
Christmas Lessons and Carols Service, Sunday, December 28 at 10:00 am. A traditional worship service dating back to 1880 which tells the story of God’s love in Word and song. Donations for the 2025 tax year must be postmarked by December 31 or made online by midnight on December 31. Read our vision here: Keeping…
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Waiting in the Dark
Trinity Lakeside Abbey Advent Newsletter Poet Malcolm Guite, in the preface to Waiting on the Word, his delightful poetry anthology for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, shares his hope that his compilation will “help restore the quietness, that inner peace, that willingness to wait unfulfilled in the dark, in the midst of a season that conspires…
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Keeping Space for Listening
Dear Friends of the Abbey, For years I’ve traveled to a small adobe monastery tucked between the Chama River and the copper cliffs of northwest New Mexico. In their simple daily life of prayer and work I find renewal and rest in Jesus. In the heavy silence of that humble hidden place, my soul stills…
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Your Beauty and Love Chase After Me
October 2025 Trinity Lakeside Abbey News Your beauty and love chase after me every day of my life.I’m back home in the house of God for the rest of my life (Psalm 23:6, MSG). Men’s Listening Group The Men’s Listening Group, led by Dr. Terry Mullins, will meet on the third Sunday of each month, 8:00 -…
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A Sanctuary of Rest for the Weary
Seeking to be in Jesus a sanctuary of rest for the weary, a people and place of Christ’s presence and peace.
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Celebrating God’s faithfulness
As one of our circle of friends, I hope to see you at our 5th Anniversary worship celebration on Trinity Sunday, June 15, at 10:00 am at Trinity Lakeside Abbey. We have much to celebrate! After a year of prayer, we began in the uncertainty of the global pandemic, worshiping outdoors under a big loblolly…
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