News & Announcements
2023 Christmas Letter: Where Pain and Joy Flow Together
Br. David's 2023 Christmas letter urges us to honor the ways pain and joy flow…
Articles
Returning the Gift
We are showered every day with the gifts of the Earth, gifts we have neither…
Stories of Grateful Living
Swan Songs
If I sing and dance and do everything like it’s my swan song, when it’s…
News & Announcements
Silence and Belonging: A Letter from Br. David
+ Dear Family and Friends, A pomegranate blossom, rather than any other star, seems the…
Articles
Praying the Great Dance
Brother David describes ways to be "anchored in lasting joy" through prayer.
Practices
Light A Candle – 12 Days, 12 Values
This 12-day practice offers an invitation to light a candle each day for one of…
Videos
Nature’s Medicine
In this joyful and meditative short film, 95-year-old Oom Johannes beautifully illustrates how to feel…
Articles
The Serviceberry
As Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity…
Articles
Within Our Reach: Joy
Fra Giovanni was a Renaissance pioneer, accomplished as an architect, engineer, antiquary, archaeologist, classical scholar,…
Articles
Love in the Families Among Us in Film
From 1990 - 2016, Dr. Francis Lu and Brother David Steindl-Rast led annual 5- or…
