Stefon Napier
@stefnapier.bsky.social
New Monastic and contemplative. A brush of Anglican Expression. What I'm currently doing: Spiritual Director in training
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Stefon Napier
@stefnapier.bsky.social
· Nov 17
For all my new followers:
I'll be using this space to discuss:
-post evangelical spaces
-New Monasticism as a post evangelical presence
-Spiritual Direction and Healing
-Wilderness Retreats
-Wonder Theology
I'll be using this space to discuss:
-post evangelical spaces
-New Monasticism as a post evangelical presence
-Spiritual Direction and Healing
-Wilderness Retreats
-Wonder Theology
I don't think Christian Nationalism is defeated by talking about it. It's defeated by loving your neighbor intentionally and creatively. It is defeated by leaning into joy daily.
September 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I don't think Christian Nationalism is defeated by talking about it. It's defeated by loving your neighbor intentionally and creatively. It is defeated by leaning into joy daily.
Take joy in the little things like peppers coming in!
September 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Take joy in the little things like peppers coming in!
Our adulthood is all about having certainty. Our childhood is about possibility and growth. We must then become as children.
May 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Our adulthood is all about having certainty. Our childhood is about possibility and growth. We must then become as children.
Embracing the Wound of Loneliness open.substack.com/pub/thehomew...
May 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Embracing the Wound of Loneliness open.substack.com/pub/thehomew...
There is no oppression more dangerous than the oppression we inflict on ourselves.
April 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
There is no oppression more dangerous than the oppression we inflict on ourselves.
Things I've been dwelling on this week: Liberation and gentleness.
March 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Things I've been dwelling on this week: Liberation and gentleness.
The liberation of the world back to God starts within each of us.
March 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The liberation of the world back to God starts within each of us.
We have to stop suggesting that white men shouldn't be leading faith organizations. I appreciate alot of people within the deconstruction space but some of you need to know that your trauma does not give you the right to erect racial barriers.
March 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We have to stop suggesting that white men shouldn't be leading faith organizations. I appreciate alot of people within the deconstruction space but some of you need to know that your trauma does not give you the right to erect racial barriers.
Guys I was off today...but I guess I gotta go in...on some of these comments.
March 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Guys I was off today...but I guess I gotta go in...on some of these comments.
The Christian should no longer tolerate the condition in which creative movement remains outside the church and in opposition to the church, while the church is without movement and devoid of creative life.
- Nicolas Berdyaev.
- Nicolas Berdyaev.
March 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The Christian should no longer tolerate the condition in which creative movement remains outside the church and in opposition to the church, while the church is without movement and devoid of creative life.
- Nicolas Berdyaev.
- Nicolas Berdyaev.
Letter to the New Monastics
open.substack.com/pub/thehomew...
open.substack.com/pub/thehomew...
Wonder: A Letter to the New Monastics
To the brethren both abroad and domestic,
open.substack.com
February 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Letter to the New Monastics
open.substack.com/pub/thehomew...
open.substack.com/pub/thehomew...
Technological advancement..for all its benefits has taken over the role that wonder and miracles used to share.
February 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Technological advancement..for all its benefits has taken over the role that wonder and miracles used to share.
Wonder is the means by which faith is cultivated.
February 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Wonder is the means by which faith is cultivated.
Even as we seek to restore the church to the correct path you should know that being alive in Christ does not make life easier. Even if the church was all that it should be, life would still be difficult.
February 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Even as we seek to restore the church to the correct path you should know that being alive in Christ does not make life easier. Even if the church was all that it should be, life would still be difficult.
New Monastics is essentially a form of spiritual direction for the church.
February 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
New Monastics is essentially a form of spiritual direction for the church.
A Brief on Nature, Forgiveness, and their relationship to Community. open.substack.com/pub/thehomew...
Nature and Forgiveness
I’m starting to love the person I’m becoming.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
A Brief on Nature, Forgiveness, and their relationship to Community. open.substack.com/pub/thehomew...
The failure of the American Evangelical Church was that it created more sheep than priests.
February 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The failure of the American Evangelical Church was that it created more sheep than priests.
Deconstruction should not merely be a process of unlearning false teachings and doctrines, but the process of reacquainting with yourself and loving what you see. If you don't deconstruct the lies you've told about yourself, deconstruction is pointless.
February 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Deconstruction should not merely be a process of unlearning false teachings and doctrines, but the process of reacquainting with yourself and loving what you see. If you don't deconstruct the lies you've told about yourself, deconstruction is pointless.
Post Evangelical communities must embrace a concept of stewardship towards the land. It's part of how we defeat that idea that there isn't enough. Stewardship of the land is a ministry from which other ministries can spring.
February 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Post Evangelical communities must embrace a concept of stewardship towards the land. It's part of how we defeat that idea that there isn't enough. Stewardship of the land is a ministry from which other ministries can spring.
Stand in the Gap.
February 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Stand in the Gap.
The 13th Mark of New Monasticism is the reclamation of wonder.
February 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The 13th Mark of New Monasticism is the reclamation of wonder.
Why are mission trips to other countries okay, but when people from other places to live in community with us, it's problematic.
February 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Why are mission trips to other countries okay, but when people from other places to live in community with us, it's problematic.
Meditation:
Isn't it curious that scripture tells us nothing about the history of the thief on the cross but only the promise Christ made to him. So why do you keep letting your past crucify you?
Isn't it curious that scripture tells us nothing about the history of the thief on the cross but only the promise Christ made to him. So why do you keep letting your past crucify you?
February 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Meditation:
Isn't it curious that scripture tells us nothing about the history of the thief on the cross but only the promise Christ made to him. So why do you keep letting your past crucify you?
Isn't it curious that scripture tells us nothing about the history of the thief on the cross but only the promise Christ made to him. So why do you keep letting your past crucify you?