Publications

Contemplation and Community: A Gathering of Fresh Voices for a Living Tradition

“Contemplation and Community” is the result of a gathering of new leaders within the Christian contemplative movement. Mark was invited to this gathering that took place at St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass, CO (home of the late Fr. Thomas Keating) in August 2017. Mark’s contribution to this book is a chapter entitled "Contemplation and the Body."

"All around the world a resurgence of Christian contemplative living is creating a new framework for spirituality inside and outside of formal religion. Building on and expanding from the thoughts and works of such as Richard Rohr, Thomas Keating, Tilden Edwards, Laurence Freeman, and other founding members of the modern contemplative movement, a new movement carries on the work of their mentors. This collection brings together the diverse voices who have emerged as new leaders of the contemplative movement. Exploring a multitude of themes, such as silence, imagination, meditation, embodiment, community and social action, this volume introduces the new voices who reflect globally on the gifts, challenges, differences and commonalities of Christian contemplation today for communities and people of faith."

- Overview from The Crossroad Publishing Company

Press

CRUX Magazine (October 2019)

In high summer, when the golden rod was in full bloom, Karin Hamilton visited our homestead interviewed us for an article in CRUX, the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut's annual magazine. She asked us meaningful and profound questions about the vision of Metanoia, our life, and the why behind it all. She heard us deeply and shared our message beautifully.

Paradigms Podcast (February 2019)

A conversation about our life on the homestead and the work of Metanoia of Vermont with Baruch, the host of Paradigms Podcast. An interesting conversation with someone unfamiliar with us and our kind of life and ministry.

“Paradigms was inspired by the recognition that humans need to know that there are things that are working. We need to know that there are possibilities. We thrive when we interact with each other in the context of making things better. We are inspired by ideas, and by each other, and by problems to solve.  We are often at our best when things are at there worst. Right now in the world we face major challenges, and there are inspired inspiring people addressing those challenges.  We can all be those people.”

- From Paradigms website