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THE MODERN MONK - NEW BLOG
Author/Stand-up comedian, Mark Gladman, lauched The Modern Monk project in October 2010 after an 18 month personal study into prayer led him to the Rule of St. Benedict. With a wife, two children and responsibilities, he began to wonder if the monastic lifestyle was possible for your average Protestant living in the suburbs. He writes…
“Over the past two years or so, my prayer life has been an important thing for me. I have done a pile of reading about prayer. My new love of the daily offices drew me to the Rule of St. Benedict. “This blog is going to trace the journey as I obey God and follow the call to a monastic lifestyle. I will be sharing with you the joys and trials of applying Benedict’s Rule.”
“I am not the first person who has sought to do this, nor is my way the best or even ideal way. I am encouraged by the witness of the likes of Ash & Anj Barker - founders of Urban Neighbours of Hope, of Paul Wallis - speaker and author of the challenging book The New Monastic - and the hundreds of thousands of Oblates of St Benedict around the world who do exactly as I am going to attempt to do. But I know my journey will be different in ways to theirs, and so I share it with the world in the hope I can encourage others in the same way they have encouraged me.”
The writer in Mark wanted to capture the journey. Hence his new blog. Follow Mark’s journey at www.themodernmonk.com.au
PAUL BAGGALEY’S BLOG ON “THE NEW MONASTIC”
Paul Baggaley’s blog on life, medicine, faith, family, technology and much more…Reviewing Brian McLaren’s recent writing, Bagga has some words of praise for the spirit of my book THE NEW MONASTIC. Take a look…
Paul Baggaley writes: “Brian McLaren has been somewhat of a hero of mine. Reading his books earlier this decade was very illuminating and inspiring…This was a guy who was generous in his orthodoxy- he was willing to embrace the good in all the varied versions of Christianity out there whilst still retaining solid orthodox beliefs at the core of his faith…from Cedar Ridge Church a few years back. But since the early 2000′s, especially since he left Pastoral ministry, Brian seems to be getting less “generous” and more and more condescending towards the majority of Christians…and while I generally don’t disagree with him on many…issues, I have found myself more and more irritated with his negative tone towards Christians and his excessive fawning towards other faiths.”
“The Spirit is moving in the world today and there is plenty of the “vibrant life and way of Jesus” to be found. I found the recent book I read by Paul Wallis - The New Monastic - to be much more generous on this point. While he was promoting a quite specific and unusual (to our modern mind) way of doing church (‘New Monasticism’) he was also able to see the positives in the other styles of church he had been involved in, reserving criticism primarily for corrupt institutional structures.”
“So now…I’ve started reading McLaren’s latest book “A New Kind of Christianity.” - a book that has attracted quite a lot of criticism…even from some who have previously been in Brian’s camp. Reading this book will tell me if McLaren has finally jumped the shark or not…”
Find the rest of the review of Brian’s book - and all sort of other exciting stuff at Paul Baggaley’s blog - www.baggas.com
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