Emily Webb

“If we are going to be for the world as Christ meant for us to be, we are going to have to spend more time away from the world, in deep prayer and substantial spiritual training—just as Jesus retreated to the desert to pray before ministering to the people. We cannot give the world what we do not have.”
― Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation

“The genius of Saint Benedict is to find the presence of God in everyday life.”
― Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation

“Do you hear it?” “Yes,” Mikal replies. “It’s a battle, isn’t it?” “Yes.” “It’s the world,” one of the other men says. “The world sounds like this all the time, we just don’t hear it. Then sometimes in some places we do.”
― Nadeem Aslam, The Blind Man's Garden

“If you are going to put down spiritual roots, taught Benedict, you need to stay in one place long enough for them to go deep. The Rule requires monks to take a vow of “stability”—meaning that barring unusual circumstances, including being sent out as a missionary, the monk will remain for the rest of his life in the monastery where he took his vows.”
― Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation