There is one big misunderstanding of the monastics leaving society.

Certainly the institutional church is ill. It's hemorrhaging young people at an astronomical rate.

There are financial bankruptcies in many parts of the church. No question about that. But we see the possibility of reimagining and revitalizing the church.

We have been mentored from the very beginning by Catholic folks who are invigorating the best of the monastic spirit.

Today the logic goes something like this: 'Calling a ruler Son of God is out of style. No one really does that nowadays. We can support a president while also worshiping Jesus as the Son of God.' But how is this possible? For one says that we must love our enemies, and the other says we must kill them; one promotes the economics of competition, while the other admonishes the forgiveness of debts. To which do we pledge allegiance?

Every 70-year-old needs a young person in their lives to mentor, and every 20-year-old needs a senior.

It doesn't matter who you are. Everyone has something to offer the movement of justice