Quick Reflection on Class on 11/18/09

Today we talked about the New Monastic movement and began discussing Lutheranism. New Monasticism is a form of Christianity that I resonate with and have been considering for a while now. The emphasis on hospitality as a lifestyle is something that I find very attractive but I have not been personally exposed to very much in my life. I am also somewhat afraid of commitment. Consequently, I have been a bit hesitant to delve to deeply - outside of reading about and discussing it - into it in my own personal faith journey. I have a bit of the wanderlust, so making a commitment to a community is a bit frightening to me, but I also acknowledge the amazing things that are achieved only through long-term commitment to a single community. It's a tension I'm dealing with and working out.