Well, as you few faithful souls that actually stop by and read these little reflections on monastic life have noted, it’s been very little, and very occasional for about a year now. I was initially occupied with finding work, after losing my job at the seminary. On top of this my wife and I decided it was time to escape the city and move to a more pastoral geography. Finally, I was finishing up my studies at The Landscape Institute! Now that’s a lot more than anyone really wants to know about my quite tame life, but it all added up to very little time to devote to Monk?.
We did sell our house and located a small cabin along the Medomack River in Maine. Can’t tell you how beautiful it is here, and how it is giving us a fresh take on our lives, a much needed one. We’re renting for a year, settling in, and hoping to find a nice little place with enough land to grow some of our own food. Maybe soon we’ll be able to practice more fully the monastic commitment to stability so treasured throughout the centuries by Christian monks.
So, there you have it. Hopefully, once we settle in, there will be more time for Monk? blog, and thoughts on what such radical giving can mean for each of us willing to imagine something more than what the image producers in our society tell us. Peace!