Christine Valters Paintner

Christine Valters Paintner - Contributor

Christine Valters Paintner, Ph.D., is a Benedictine Oblate and the founder and director of Abbey of the Arts, a non-profit ministry integrating contemplative practice with the expressive arts. She is an adjunct faculty at Seattle University's School of Theology and Ministry and also works as a spiritual director, retreat facilitator, writer, and artist. She is the co-author of Lectio Divina: Contemplative Awakening and Awareness (Paulist Press 2008), the forthcoming Awakening the Creative Spirit: Bringing the Expressive Arts to Spiritual Direction (Morehouse, Spring 2010) and Water, Wind, Earth and Fire: The Christian Spiritual Practice of Praying with the Elements (Ave Maria Press, Spring 2010).

Christine earned her Ph.D. in Christian Spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, and her work focuses on the intersection of the arts, contemplative spirituality and practice, and the wisdom of the seasons. Visit her website Abbey of the Arts.