The monastic alternative, at least in the West, has become so deeply unfashionable that most people no longer consider the possibility, but there is, at least to me, something deeply appealing about ...
Lessons on intentional living from the modern monastic movement. The most tasteful invitation to contemplative prayer I have ever experienced was in a garden next to a charming British mansion. Along ...
Monasticism in the West After the emperor Constantine the Great legalized Christianity in 313, it became the principal Roman religion, with violent persecution, now in short supply, ceding to ascetic ...