Monk habits for everyday people: Benedictine spirituality for Protestants

What's a good (Protestant Evangelical) boy doin' in a monastery?

Why Benedictine spirituality for Protestants?

Learning to listen

Poverty : sharing the goods

Obedience : objectifying providence

Humility : letting go of the mask

Hospitality : the guest as Christ

Stability : staying put to get somewhere

Balance : God in everything

To change the world!

A historical afterword: Why the Protestant reformers opposed monasticism.