mommymonk
mommymonk
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Who is Mama Monk?
I am Texan is sweetness (born and raised), Northeastern in skepticism (my twenties), and San Franciscan in location (four months). I am Southern Baptist nurtured, Anglican by choice, Presbyterian by current church, and in love with Roman Catholic monastic and contemplative practice.
I am a wife and a stay at home mom who left full time youth ministry, moved thousands of miles away, and began my thirties in sudden succession. And since that rapid life shift, I’ve been in a constant longing to find God in the simplicity and ordinariness of my life with a toddler. Perhaps surprisingly, I’m finding more in common with the ancient Benedictine monks I’m reading than with the moms I meet at the park.
I believe in feminism. I believe in a woman’s right to work and pursue her own gifts. I believe in husbands who come home from work and roast a chicken with lemons and salt and pepper, just as God intended chicken to be roasted. I believe a woman can stay home with her children without feeling like a failure of the women’s movement. I believe in prayer, compassion, relationships and evangelism—in that order. And, honestly, I believe St. Benedict and his Rule are teaching me how to live my motherhood and wifery and contemplative life in joy.
Welcome to my brain.
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