Tell me you've heard of this.
I think it is a great authentication of faith today. Don't we need to ask ourselves if we're living out all those sermons we gather to hear?
Here's a good article about communities living it out.
And _Christianity Today_ wrote about it too.
keep your eyes and ears peeled for the meaningful.
let's also decipher & decide to apply it,
-s.o
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The new monansticism is a deep challenge but also a great inspiration for those of us who are trying desperately to figure out how to follow the way of Jesus in suburbia. I recommend Jonathan Wilson's book *Living Faithfully in a Fragmented World: Lessons for the Church from MacIntyre's After Virtue.* It is a quick, easy read (a sort of more explicitly Christian "Cliff Notes" to *After Virtue,* which is itself a dense, but brilliant book - hard but worth the effort!).
You'd also greatly enjoy reading *The Rule of St. Benedict* - easily read in one sitting, but worth pondering over a period of time. A nice companion to reading *The Rule* is Robert Benson's *A Good Life: Benedict's Guide to Everyday Joy* - its not nearly as radical as the new monastics, but it provides helpful insights into living out Benedictine spirituality for those of us who aren't living in a monastic community.
Joe,
You bring up some great points and ask some difficult questions. "Why is it that trends of a sinful nature proliferate quicker then trends of an honest, gracious nature?" I've asked myself a similar question when faced with a decision between cheesecake and an apple, or french fries and steamed veggies.
Making that decision a healthy one is much easier for a nutritionist or someone who knows the effects of those bad foods. And then there are the rest of us, who know the effects but still make the wrong decision from time to time because it feels better right now. Who cares about a week from now? Who cares about two months or two years of choosing cheesecake?
I sin for the same reasons I don't mimic the diets of the people on the cover of Men's Health or the A&F catalog. It is my nature to be self-gratifying and it takes a lot of work and denial to rip out six-pack abs.
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