Comments on: Modern-day Monasticism, Part III http://mcmahonlife.com/archives/430 Life, Love, and Thoughts of Michelle and Brian McMahon Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:03:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: brianandmichelle http://mcmahonlife.com/archives/430/comment-page-1#comment-121 brianandmichelle Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:07:51 +0000 http://mcmahonlife.com/?p=430#comment-121 Thank you for the comment. I looked at your website, and it looked to me like the purpose of the communities seemed to be for the sake of those living within the confines of the community. What I am looking at is a method of actually evangelizing our world, not escaping from it. I think there is a fundamental difference. Not that what you offer is wrong or bad in anyway, only different from the intention of which I write. Thank you for the comment. I looked at your website, and it looked to me like the purpose of the communities seemed to be for the sake of those living within the confines of the community. What I am looking at is a method of actually evangelizing our world, not escaping from it. I think there is a fundamental difference. Not that what you offer is wrong or bad in anyway, only different from the intention of which I write.

]]> By: monk http://mcmahonlife.com/archives/430/comment-page-1#comment-120 monk Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:12:45 +0000 http://mcmahonlife.com/?p=430#comment-120 There actually are MANY experiments of the type you mentioned, and other types. Just see our own Association of communities (some traditional monastic types, many not), domestic monastics (married or not in their own homes), urban monastics (often in apartments, single or several living together), hermits etc. Myself a house (small priory in country town, with similar other houses nearby me), etc etc. And mANY types of intentional communities (all fiaths or none) :http://directory.ic.org/21574/TRINITY_Christian_PRIORY/ And my nondenominationla list of more than 465 members (existed for years) at Yahoo, for monastic subjects, practices, vocations, info, news, etc: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monasterion John a monk There actually are MANY experiments of the type you mentioned, and other types. Just see our own Association of communities (some traditional monastic types, many not), domestic monastics (married or not in their own homes), urban monastics (often in apartments, single or several living together), hermits etc. Myself a house (small priory in country town, with similar other houses nearby me), etc etc. And mANY types of intentional communities (all fiaths or none) :http://directory.ic.org/21574/TRINITY_Christian_PRIORY/

And my nondenominationla list of more than 465 members (existed for years) at Yahoo, for monastic subjects, practices, vocations, info, news, etc: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monasterion
John a monk

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