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"The Love of Thousands invites us to understand both the conscious and unconscious influences saints, ancestors, and angels have on our lives. This retreat in ordinary life allows us to see how we can be in relationship with these figures and guided by them while also, especially in the case of our ancestors, work to heal the wounds that have been left on us by their imperfect lives. With the abbess of Abbey of the Arts, Christine Valters Paintner, we look at Christian and Jewish teachings on saints and ancestors, explore the Celtic wisdom of Samhain, and seek to understand other cultural practices of ancestor reverence and remembrance"--…mehr

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"The Love of Thousands invites us to understand both the conscious and unconscious influences saints, ancestors, and angels have on our lives. This retreat in ordinary life allows us to see how we can be in relationship with these figures and guided by them while also, especially in the case of our ancestors, work to heal the wounds that have been left on us by their imperfect lives. With the abbess of Abbey of the Arts, Christine Valters Paintner, we look at Christian and Jewish teachings on saints and ancestors, explore the Celtic wisdom of Samhain, and seek to understand other cultural practices of ancestor reverence and remembrance"--
Autorenporträt
Christine Valters Paintner is the online abbess for Abbey of the Arts, a virtual monastery offering classes and resources on contemplative practice and creative expression. She earned a doctorate in Christian spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, and achieved professional status as a registered expressive arts consultant and educator from the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association. She is also trained as a spiritual director and supervisor. Paintner is the author of numerous spirituality titles, including The Love of Thousands; Birthing the Holy; Sacred Time; Earth, Our Original Monastery ; The Soul's Slow Ripening; The Wisdom of the Body; Illuminating the Way; The Soul of a Pilgrim; The Artist's Rule; Water, Wind, Earth, and Fire; and three collections of poetry. She is a Benedictine oblate living in Galway, Ireland, with her husband, John. Together they lead online retreats at their website AbbeyoftheArts.com.