What I Learned in the Monastery

Solitude doesn't make one holy, abiding in the Lord at all times and in all things does

The door on the left was for the public; that lower one was for the monks

I occasionally mention that my first experience of service in The Episcopal Church was as a lay brother of the Society of St. Barnabas, one of TEC’s monastic orders. The reaction that I receive is usually one of surprise, especially from Connecticut Episcopalians. Our parochial lay…