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The Benedict Option in 2016

Rod Dreher continues to write about the Benedict Option on a weekly basis, and has a book coming out on the subject. I think it is an approach (among many) that merits serious consideration. Utopian dreams aside, what would it take to create such a community? I think the best way to start something like this is to move to the same neighborhood, be that in a city, suburb, or smaller rural town. In my reality, that means staying in the same urban area that I live in, because that is where jobs are. Perhaps moving to the outskirts of major urban areas would make sense for this kind of approach. I am really just thinking out loud, but I would like to put some flesh on the bones of a theory. What does the Benedict Option (or whatever we want to call some kind of community organized to preserve our faith) look like in reality? How do things like the following work? Housing Jobs Church Relation to government Education Preservation of texts Dealing with people who lose faith in the