Fifth Kind of Monk
Linda RomeySt. Benedict wrote his 6th century Rule of Life for one of the four kinds of monks he named in that short Rule. After 1500 years, it's time to explore the life of a Fifth Kind of Monk.
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God calls the same
I never have an answer when I’m asked about my “call” to monastic life. Though I’ve heard many in religious life describe their “call” in detail, I never got a “call.”
What is “a call” in this sense, and might there also be a “call” to par...
"Detestable" kinds of monks
The Fifth Kind of Monk could become a symbol of hope and resistance for a world vastly different from—but with strands of human nature eerily similar to—the sixth century world for which Benedict wrote.
Broadly speaking, Benedict wrote fo...
What is mine to give?
I write these words sitting in an apartment ninety miles from the ongoing demonstrations in Minneapolis in the weeks after Renee Good was killed by an ICE agent while protesting immigration crackdowns on local populations. Ten days ago, whe...
I want encounter with God, but I don’t want it.
“Where is the God of the burning bush, the God in the pillar of fire and cloud, the God who personally incinerated one whole bull in the contest on Mount Carmel, although the altar had been soaked with twelve jars of water?
“The obvious an...
A never satisfied monk
A feeling of unsettledness has always lived in me, often resolving in choices and actions like mold spores blooming to life when conditions are right. Someone recently put a new name to that feeling when, only a few moments into the first r...
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I'm a monk who believes we write the future from the inside out. I'm a weaver who knows warp and weft create, rather than limit, potential. I'm a generalist with a bent toward challenge, adventure, and big questions.
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