Dave

“In the Benedict Option, we are not trying to repeal seven hundred years of history, as if that were possible. Nor are we trying to save the West. We are only trying to build a Christian way of life that stands as an island of sanctity and stability amid the high tide of liquid modernity. We are not looking to create heaven on earth; we are simply looking for a way to be strong in faith through a time of great testing. The Rule, with its vision of an ordered life centered around Christ and the practices it prescribes to deepen our conversion, can help us achieve that goal.”
― Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation

“Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

“The monk holds that meaning exists objectively, within the natural world created by God, and is there to be discovered by the person who has detached themselves from their own passions and who seeks to see as God sees.”
― Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation

“Submitting to rules one doesn’t understand is difficult, but it’s a good way to counteract the carnal desire for personal independence. There may not be spiritual merit in choosing to eat two dishes instead of three at a meal, but the humility that comes with agreeing to submit to another’s decision that one do so is transformative.”
― Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation