This morning as I picked up my old planner to look for a password for an order I wanted to place, this fell out. (I often use the little pieces of contemplative art I do as bookmarks.) Looking at it, I thought that there might be a message for me in it.
The word “shalom” has always been special to me. When I made this I know I looked up the word in the dictionary and a thesaurus. It reminded me that there used to be a description for the word on Abbey of the Arts, the Holy Disorder of the Dancing Monks website. (I think I saved it somewhere, though I cannot remember where.)
Maybe this is my new moon intention for today. “Shalom”. The word holds much more meaning than simply “peace”, which is a common translation.
I have wanted to share here with you a new singer songwriter I have been recently introduced to as well. How wonderful that she lives right here in the same town! Her music holds much of the meaning of Shalom for me–simple, but filled with so much depth. The album, Serenity, is my favorite.
Here is the album on YouTube:
Trina also sells her music through Bandcamp. I just purchased the Serenity album so I can listen to it without the YouTube ads. Here is the link to her website that has the link to her Bandcamp page along with other ways to hear her music:
Blessings!
Christine
