Poetics of Welcome
Kaysie StricklandFor the parts of you still standing at a distance from beauty, from God, or from your own story, this is a place to gather courage, tend the soil of your life, and gently enter what is true and healing. Come on in, you are very welcome here.
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the lesser brothers: saint francis, masculine power, and a prayer for men to give their bodies to love
What happens when a man becomes uncomfortable?
“Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata” is a tempera on wood panel painting. It was made by an unknown Italian Gothic artist known as Master of the Bardi Saint Francis. This piece dates to circ...
introducing Marymount, a small retreat house in my backyard
Every journey will have stretches of the road that must be walked alone.
There are questions no one else can answer for us. Griefs whose full depths another person cannot enter. Callings that must finally be answered inside the hidden plac...
where I learned to listen: in the fields
A horse can hear your fear before you say a word.
Horses grazing near the St Mary’s Convent I went to visit on a recent retreat.
She can feel it travel through the reins.
She knows the almost imperceptible tightening of your legs around...
hollowed and hallowed
Today is my thirty-ninth birthday.
All images in this post, unless otherwise noted, are my own and taken today while walking around Sewanee University of the South.
I am sitting in a little retreat house perched on a bluff in the mountain...
given back our breath
Lectionary Texts: Matthew 18:21-19:1, the parable of the unforgiving servant
This homily was given at St Mary’s midweek eucharist service on August 13th, 2026.
(You can also listen to the audio recording above.)
We cannot hear Peter’s t...
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Writing about attention, beauty, the cure of souls, and the practices that form us toward wholeness. Spiritual Director (CSD), Deacon (DOSA), Oblate (OSA) and founder of Listening House + Marymount Retreat Studio
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