Description
At the core of this collection are 30 poems inspired by the stories of kinship between saints and animals. They come mostly from the early Christian desert and Celtic traditions, but also feature later medieval saints like St. Francis of Assisi and St. Julian of Norwich. These stories point to a reverence for a different way of knowing and being in the world, one our world is hungry for. Each poem in this collection is meant to be a doorway to intimacy with our inner wilderness, a call to sit and be present to what we discover beyond the borders of our neatly controlled worlds.
Author: Christine Valters Paintner
Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
Published: 10/13/2020
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781640605589
ISBN10: 1640605584
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Inspirational & Religious
- Poetry | Women Authors
- Religion | Christianity | Literature & the Arts
Author: Christine Valters Paintner
Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
Published: 10/13/2020
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781640605589
ISBN10: 1640605584
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Inspirational & Religious
- Poetry | Women Authors
- Religion | Christianity | Literature & the Arts
About the Author
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 Dreaming of Stones: Poems, and 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.