Live. Love. Serve.
St. Benedict was a Middle Ages monk famous for especially his “Rule.” Today’s monastic communities and many from the past either were Benedictine or modeled in that image. Today we might call these “intentional Christian communities,” a phrase popularized by New Day in Dallas and a phrase liked by many including Shane Claiborne and the Simple Way. All of these...
read moreHave you ever spilled anything? Some milk? Some gosspip? Something that was expensive and broke? Did you cry? Are you crying about the gulf coast? Or, just blaming? CNN, The Today Show, Glen Beck, MTV, even the President have blamed BP. Do we as Christians join them? Is it a Christian response to blame BP? Yes, it is their spill. They are responsible so to speak. But why? Last...
read morePerhaps God is calling you to offer yourself to Him in the Benedictine way of life, The cornerstone of a Religious vocation is the desire to give oneself to God, to draw near to Him and become more and more consistently His. If this desire grows and persists, it must lead to practical attempts to reshape one’s whole life. But maybe you don’t really know? After all, this is a huge...
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