Ancient Christian Wisdom
for Everyday Life
Wisdom for those with the wild ambition of getting as close to Jesus as they can on earth and living the kind of life that God desires every single day
Welcome to the Daily Monastic. I’m Barnabas the Monastic.
I have a wild ambition in life: get as close to the Lord Jesus Christ as I can while on earth. I attempt to do that by learning to become a modern monastic. I explore and integrate ancient Christian monk wisdom in my modern everyday life. I write about it here. Feel free to write to me about your own journey. I currently reside in the “Great White North.”
Developing Your Spiritual Exercises
Are you plateauing in your spiritual development? I think it's a pretty common experience. I've experienced it myself. I wonder if one reason a spiritual plateau occurs is because our spiritual practices have not kept up with our spiritual growth? We’re still using the same basic spiritual practices and techniques that we…
How to Fit in Lots of Prayer
We all have only twenty-four hours in a day. No more. No less. All the things we want to do in a given day must fit within that span of time. This poses a challenge for anybody who wants to spend plenty of time with the Lord in prayer and meditation while at the same time not neglecting the other parts of their life.I have discovered that as I commit myself to…
Flexibility is Key for Modern Monastics
The other day, my wife wanted to go on a date. Every so often, we go out to spend a little bit of time with each other in the midst of our hectic family life. An activity like this poses an interesting dilemma for a modern monastic. On the one hand, I really enjoy going out with my wife. On the other hand, I know that…
How can you pray so much?
I often get asked how I could spend so much time connecting with God each and every day. Three to four hours of prayer and meditation is a lot of time to be just sitting around. And if all one does is just sit around, then yes, that’s a lot of time and it will feel very much so. First of all, I consider myself to be a modern monastic. I live a modern life and…