A New Kind of Monasticism

The restoration of the church must sincerely depend on a new kind of monasticism… the time has come to gather people & do that. #bonhoeffer
— Sandy Kathleen (@sandykathleen) January 27, 2013

Dietrich Bonhoeffer tackles the question that we all know we have asked. We want to know what will bring upon the restoration of the church. I want to know this. I need to know this. I can pretend to live in hope, but I also need answers. I need to know what is next.

Bonhoeffer was plagued with this question, but as he spent time with the students at the seminary of the Confession Church he knew that the change of church depended on a new kind of monasticism. He also realized that this could not just be something we continued to talk about with no action taken. The confession church was a place where Bonhoeffer could gather people together and do something different. It was a place and space where people could live life together. They could live in community, they could pray, they could worship and they could give thanks to God.

What would restoration of church look like today? Who are the people we just need to gather to get this done?