Society of Urban Monks
We all know not only the spiritual power but the social power of someone like Mother Theresa or Martin Luther King, Jr. or even Jesus Christ himself. They were deeply connected to God and to the suffering people around them--and they helped change the world. We may long for even a little portion of that kind of ability to be rooted in God and use the energy from that rootedness to do good in this world. But how do we get there? How can we see that dream come to life?
The Society of Urban Monks is a place to learn and share practices to incorporate faith into effective and sustained service and change.
"The Society of Urban Monks offers an inspiring communal venue to help facilitate the integration of one’s private and public relationship with God through ongoing cultivation of spiritual practices that can impact social transformation."
— Wil Hernandez, PhD, Obl. OSB, spiritual director, retreat leader, and author of a trilogy on Henri Nouwen
The Society of Urban Monks provides inspiring peer to peer guidance to help regular people become spiritually rooted social reformers.
Here is our most recent guidance posted to the Society of Urban Monks site:
Society of Urban Monks
- James 2:14-17Belief without direct behavior or action is ultimately empty. This is the constant reminder for me to be a better person, who lives not just through thoughts and prayer, but through action to improve the lives of all my world family, my global brothers and sisters, regardless of differences in conviction or views. “What good…
- The Fisher KingA kind, gentle, madcap adventure exploring the broad territory between superficial cynicism and deep tenderness as we encounter and care for those who walk wounded through our urban landscape.. Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges keep it entertaining. Though hard-hitting, the tragedies in it are kept bearable by a constant thread of hope.
- Becoming the Neighbors the World NeedsGod’s heart for loving our neighbors is unmistakable – we are called to move toward one another in love. This Bible Reading Plan awakens that call, opening our eyes to the neighbors God sees and inviting churches into the relationships that transform and restore community. Over five weeks the Bible Reading Plan invites participants to…
- 50 Women Every Christian Should Know, by Michelle DeRusha“Their battles are our battles. Their grief is our grief. Their doubts and questions are our doubts and questions.”
- Prayer As A Political Problem, by Jean DaniélouThe author stresses the importance of both realities: the sacred and the secular, contemporary society and The Church. Jean Danielou states, “there must be a dialogue between prayer and the realization of public policy.”
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