Anglican Community Project

As Americans, we've lived with the idea of our own permanence for so long that we can't imagine a post-American world. I think that the entire 20th century was almost an American eschaton. Our way of life triumphed and seemed forever stable. How could we ever descend into anarchy when Leave it to Beaver re-runs are on every day? When day to day life involves trips to the grocery store, watching TV and living in ever-expanding suburbs, you don't see it ending. Perhaps we will have another century of more of this, but it seems to me that the end of our order is in sight. The old agrarian republic is long since dead, the Constitution is a meaningless document and we live in a centralized empire that bears only skin-deep resemblance to the Republic or the Colonies. But what does it look like when an empire really dies? Charles Norris Cochrane provides some idea in his book " Christianity and Classical Culture ." He writes: The period following Theodosius may be charac

Clear Creek is a Catholic community that is living the Benedict option. There is a monastery with a growing community of lay people around it. While I would suggest a different configuration, largely based on Protestant ecclessiology, this is a good model for us to consider.