Aj Schwanz

What would “remonking the church” look like for you?

Initially, I struggled with this article - not that it was “wrong,” but that it’s not where I’m at: I just bought a house in the suburbs of a rather WASPy community. I don’t feel like I’m on the “cutting edge,” one of the “cool” kids, in the way the church is moving. I watch the cool kids, standing on the sidelines, throwing out my attempts to make contact, but my toys must not seem all that interesting.

But then I remembered that we’re not all called to be monks; we’re called to be where God wants us to be, to live lives attunded to His Spirit.

Currently, I’m not a PoMo monk: I’m called to be a wife and a mother of one, a writer, a reader, and a ponderer. It’s certainly not where I planned to be: Quaker nun was more my calling, I thought. And yet I’m here, trying to rest in faith, knowing this is where God has called me to be in this very place at this very moment.

So, are you “monking” it out? If not, where are you chillin with God?