malibumark

I was just texting with my friend the former Abbess Aemiliane and I was just thinking about Trump and America. I thought about our culture of individualism and that it has fostered an unhealthy...

I know it's a lot to say that to you allas we only know each other by typing.just so very grateful for your comradery 

Friday night vigil starts soon. :-)

I want to start this saying, I really have a problematic boss here at the monastery.Maybe probematic is not the word. He doesn't live here now - but he may come backand I really don't like his...

i think I figured stuff out for why I had been feeling so breathlessat the start of vespers the past few days.I thought that it might be because of the beetroot supplement I hadstarted to take on...

i think i am seeing that I have physical and emotional needs or maybe seeingthe nature of them. I'm understanding them with a sense of perspective.I can sort through things in life to understand my...

hi guys - I didn't have to serve liturgy today,so I slept in for the second day in a row. Joy!yesterday was a good day and I found myself awake to some things.I was sitting here in my room, with...

I woke up feeling frozen in beauty but then I remembered the wisdom ‘what do I need to get done today?’ That remembrance set me on my way.It was a wisdom that set me on the path of constructive...

I was given the opportunity to go to another monastery in Greece for a visit to compare the life there from the life here. I know it is a GREAT opportunity to be invited to this iconic place. I...

it's weird but i get so conflicted inside when I don't seem to have an answerfor what to do with myself. I think in terms of controlling or guiding myselfwell with ideas that I feel like everyone has...

Perhaps people live hereBecause they have such wounds and damage from life that a quiet, contemplative and routine life carries them through life in the most comfortable best way possible?How...

It’s wild, everyone here has quite a life story to tell. There’s a 23 year old Iranian man who walked from Iran to Turkey and the from Turkey to Greece. He became the first Iranian ordained an...

Note to self:i really don't like the way im living. Time to clean and organize my room.