I found this in the advertisements.
Just in case you wanted to become a monk instead of watching one.
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I can't even tell you how many times I've considered becoming a monk. As soon as I heard there were such creatures, I've thought of becoming one. Most recently, if I'd been rejected from both Luther and Duke, I would have without a doubt tried the local St. John's abbey (Benedictine).
Now Duke tops my PhD list, and if both they and Iowa - hilariously, because they shot me down for writing - turn me out again, I'd make the same deliberative process.
Of course, becoming a monk should probably be one's first decision. But, on the other hand, it's becoming more and more clear to me that God gets the people God has, not the people God necessarily might have wanted to have.
So there's that.
I thought of you when I saw this ad, of course. And would have even if your screen name for blogging and commenting purposes DIDN'T include "monk."
Medievally speaking, becoming a monk was rarly one's first choice.
Also, there's that.
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