Recently I spent time at a conference with my tribe of Anabaptists — it was an awesome four days — will post some reflections later, but what I want to put out there is an issue I am struggling with.
What does it mean to have a new monastic community such as Peace Tree, Urban Seed etc in the suburban environment, where most folk have families, mortgages, debts, and are blue collar and struggling?
Most of the new monastic communities that you read about are based on the young adults or ones who remove themselves. That being said, the Community of Transfiguration and Peace Tree have familes etc. But MOST of these new communities are young adults, most unmarried and if married, starting new families.
Am I wrong? Any comments or suggestions?
