{"id":2007,"date":"2007-10-24T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-24T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2007\/10\/monks-who-play-together-pray-together.html"},"modified":"2007-10-24T16:33:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-24T16:33:00","slug":"monks-who-play-together-pray-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2007\/10\/monks-who-play-together-pray-together.html","title":{"rendered":"Monks who play together, pray together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/Rx-tCrdykfI\/AAAAAAAABTU\/qCjN1mcH0IE\/s1600-h\/clearcm9%5B1%5D.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/Rx-tCrdykfI\/AAAAAAAABTU\/qCjN1mcH0IE\/s320\/clearcm9%5B1%5D.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> Some weeks back, I blogged about the  <a href=\"http:\/\/deacbench.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/monastery-in-oklahoma-ok.html\">new Benedictine monastery cropping up in Oklahoma<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>Now, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/crunchycon\/\">Rod Dreher<\/a> has gotten in on the act.  <\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s linked to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewcusack.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/clear_creek.php\">this account<\/a> of the monastery construction, which has some splendid pictures (including the one of frolicking monks on the left).   <\/p>\n<p>The monastery at Clear Creek really does look remarkable.  Maybe a nice place for a retreat someday?  Yes.  I think so&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some weeks back, I blogged about the new Benedictine monastery cropping up in Oklahoma. Now, Rod Dreher has gotten in on the act. He&#8217;s linked to this account of the monastery construction, which has some splendid pictures (including the one of frolicking monks on the left). The monastery at Clear Creek really does look remarkable.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":365,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vocations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Monks who play together, pray together - The Deacon&#039;s Bench<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2007\/10\/monks-who-play-together-pray-together.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monks who play together, pray together - The Deacon&#039;s Bench\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some weeks back, I blogged about the new Benedictine monastery cropping up in Oklahoma. 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