The Divine Office

The Divine Office A sacred co-working community for digital nomads to work in the prayerful rhythm of monastic spirituality. A place of peace, prayer and productivity.

sharing ideas and divine inspiration at this morning’s monthly community meeting
03/03/2020

sharing ideas and divine inspiration at this morning’s monthly community meeting

“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”Rev Katie and crew brought Ashes to Go to the Farmer’s Market...
02/27/2020

“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

Rev Katie and crew brought Ashes to Go to the Farmer’s Market this morning.

“Because we’re liable to be ‘on’ at all times, we rarely take a moment to be still. We’re loathe to take a moment to kno...
02/26/2020

“Because we’re liable to be ‘on’ at all times, we rarely take a moment to be still. We’re loathe to take a moment to know God and to let God know us.”

Ash Wednesday is just one week away. Before you decide to give up candy or french fries or even Facebook, I encourage you to take some advice: do nothing.

In a recent interview with The New Yorker, Franciscan Friar Richard Rohr discussed how to "fall in love with the divine ...
02/17/2020

In a recent interview with The New Yorker, Franciscan Friar Richard Rohr discussed how to "fall in love with the divine presence, under whatever name."

In what ways are you finding the Divine in your working life?

The seventy-six-year-old Franciscan friar believes that Christianity isn’t the only path to salvation.

"With the Divine Office, I’m able to practice something missing in our modern life: the sacred balance of working and be...
02/13/2020

"With the Divine Office, I’m able to practice something missing in our modern life: the sacred balance of working and being."

Divine Office member Joshua Chamberlain discusses how the Divine Office has helped him in ease the anxiety that accompanies our modern work culture.

During my time in the Episcopal Service Corps, I had a spiritual director who used to say, “We are beings first and foremost, above all else.” Her n...

“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.” - Saint Augustine
02/11/2020

“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.” - Saint Augustine

Divine Office member Joshua Chamberlain recently hosted a reading of his new play, written in part at The Divine Office....
02/04/2020

Divine Office member Joshua Chamberlain recently hosted a reading of his new play, written in part at The Divine Office. When we plant seeds, the Spirit often transforms the fruits of our labor into blessings we can’t anticipate. @ Pacific Resident Theatre

"The notion that religion suppressed scientific knowledge until science finally threw off the shackles of faith has been...
01/24/2020

"The notion that religion suppressed scientific knowledge until science finally threw off the shackles of faith has been thoroughly discredited by scholars, who have been showing the important role Christianity played in the rise of modern science."

As scholars have been demonstrating, Christianity has played a major role in the rise of modern science. This is especially true of the Reformation, which, as Peter Harrison shows, had a formative influence in its methods, content, and significance. He notes the particular impact of the doctrine of....

“Strike God’s iron on the anvil, see God’s goods across the counter, put God’s wealth in circulation, teach God’s childr...
01/23/2020

“Strike God’s iron on the anvil, see God’s goods across the counter, put God’s wealth in circulation, teach God’s children in the school—so shall the dust of your labor build itself into a little sanctuary where you and God may dwell together.”
— Phillips Brooks
In what ways is your work helping to build God’s Kingdom?

“Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn cou...
01/20/2020

“Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
Whether working or marching, wishing everyone a blessed Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

"We’ve found a way to take the spirit into where we need to be."Divine Office member Mary Koske shares how she takes the...
01/18/2020

"We’ve found a way to take the spirit into where we need to be."

Divine Office member Mary Koske shares how she takes the spirit with her to work on the go.

I had planned to go to the Divine Office, but I really needed to get my brakes fixed, so I thought I’d take my car in for service instead. They said, “...

How is Jesus showing up to work alongside you?
01/16/2020

How is Jesus showing up to work alongside you?

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