Monkery is not a word in case you were wondering, but I
think it is accurate for this latest crazy idea of mine.
One of the activities that I enjoy most is thinking and
contemplating things, but unfortunately it’s very hard to make a living doing
such things. So I figured I would pursue a path that would allow me to think
and contemplate as well as earn a living, enter seminary. My main goal with
seminary is to be able to communicate biblical truth in a fresh and engaging
way to reach people who are ordinarily not interested in theology for some
reason. This way I should be able to cultivate my ideas and, hopefully, bring
them into the mainstream to benefit others as well as earn a living.
Recently though I read a news story about a monastery in
North Dakota that had to shut down because they were ranchers and had an issue
finding monks with cowboy skills. After reading the story I realized that thinking
and contemplating things was exactly what monks did! So I did some quick
research into the daily lives of monks and came up with the idea to try out the
monk life for a while.
