How to Fit Through the Eye of a Needle
This weekend is when I led the retreat for the undergraduate course I teach at the University of Indianapolis.
Last year it was kind of a big flop.
I have been a church nerd my entire life, and I often forget that not everyone else is.
“Go away in the woods and think about God in silence for two days? Sounds awesome!” I say.
That’s not what the undergrads said last year.
So the course I’m teaching is called Monasticism, New Monasticism, and Rule of Life.
For the retreat, I decided to have them live a day in the life of a monastic, praying the monastic offices in community, etc., according to the rule of St. Benedict that they had studied.
You can imagine the reaction of these college students when I told them they were going to be monks and nuns for a weekend. Continue reading