Recently I visited my “heart home” in a sleepy little valley in the Rocky Mountains. I first traveled there as an infant with my parents and have returned many times with my own family. We scattered my husband’s ashes there. And my adult children make their own make pilgrimage there. Over the years that place hasContinue reading “Blessed Be the Longing that Brought You Here”
Tag Archives: contemplation
The Gift of Sabbath
Trinity Lakeside Abbey News 2026 Trinitytide Practice Sabbath-keeping with us. This summer we are leaning into the gift of Sabbath together. Join us in reading Keeping the Sabbath Wholly: Ceasing, Resting, Embracing, Feasting by Marva Dawn (read at your own pace). As you practice Sabbath, bring your thoughts, questions and prayers to our weekly SundayContinue reading “The Gift of Sabbath”
Celebrate the Abbey’s Sixth Anniversary
Last week I retreated with other clergy to Glen Eyrie, Colorado. It was a much-need time of reflection and rest in Jesus in a beautiful mountain setting. While I was away, the Lord “answered in my understanding” (as Julian of Norwich would say) a question which I have been holding. He said, “get the restContinue reading “Celebrate the Abbey’s Sixth Anniversary”
Practicing the Presence
Trinity Lakeside Abbey News 2026 Eastertide 2 Contemplative Walking Group Join us Saturdays at 8:00 am, May 16 – June 27. Each week we gather on the front porch to listen to a scripture passage, then walk silently (walk at your own pace), then gather back on the porch for prayer and conversation. Contact admin@trinitylakeside.orgContinue reading “Practicing the Presence”
Taken, Blessed, Broken, Given
Trinity Lakeside Abbey News Eastertide 2026 Guided Silent Retreat Register now for the Eastertide Silent Retreat: Taken, Blessed, Broken, Given, Saturday, April 25, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm at Trinity Lakeside Abbey. Enjoy a restful day of prayer, silent reflection and gentle conversation. Each retreat features a unique written guide of meditations around scripture, art,Continue reading “Taken, Blessed, Broken, Given”
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 aContinue reading “Reimagining Spiritual Disciplines”
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 stillsContinue reading “Keeping Space for Listening”
Ministering to Weary Souls
With unseasonable thunderstorms rumbling in the distance, today I’m unpacking a cherished nativity set, including a beloved but battered shepherd with a reattached head. As Christmas comes around each year, I arrange the figures so that each can “see” the baby Jesus in the center. Today I’m also preparing for an infant baptism. On SundayContinue reading “Ministering to Weary Souls”
Safe Space
As one of our supportive friends, I hope to see you at our 4th Anniversary worship celebration on Trinity Sunday, May 26, 2024 at 10:00 am at Trinity Lakeside Abbey. We have much to celebrate. After a year of prayer and discernment, we began in uncertain times—the first global pandemic in a century. And frankly,Continue reading “Safe Space”
Beautiful Sameness
There’s a place in the Colorado Rockies at an elevation of about 11,000 feet that’s a kind of touchstone for our family. It’s a high ridge on the West Spanish Peak overlooking a broad, verdant valley. Over the years we’ve fondly referred to this overlook as the Sound of Music spot. Most years we makeContinue reading “Beautiful Sameness”