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Following the Monastic Impulse

Katie Gordon, Monasteries of the Heart
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a newsletter that sits between our wisdom traditions, contemporary spirituality, and emerging futures. Written by Katie Gordon, it offers an occasional glimpse into her reflections on living, learning, and experimenting at this intersection.

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Latest Issues

Radical Welcome

October 19, 2026

There are teenagers holding signs that say SILENCE as I walk into the church. To my amusement and slight annoyance, these teens with the signs are almost always chatting with each other. It’s a tough job for anyone, l...

4 days ago
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Crumbling Walls

October 11, 2026

As usual, I find myself at the edge of the monastic enclosure. When I woke up on my first morning here, I gravitated outside and wandered to the outer perimeter. I am sitting on the stone border, wrapped in by steel w...

11 days ago
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Recognition, or “deep and loving encounter”

October 5, 2026

After a red-eye to London, I made my way to my accommodations for the evening, but first stopped at a coffee shop called Grounded. The aggressive volume of airport announcements and the fluorescent wake-up call just a...

18 days ago
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Monastic Order in the World

September 26, 2026

“I’m so excited for you. You’re going on this trip, guided by your question… and it’s not even about the answer, is it? It’s about the question.”

I could tell by his response that my friend Charlie intuitively “got...

25 days ago
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Stepping Into the New

September 21

“It totally changed my life.”

This was how Judith Lorei began our conversation, when we met on Zoom to talk about how she joined Mary Lou Kownacki on her Peace & Monasticism pilgrimage in 1978.

Since I first read it, I...

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