When it comes to our development, when it comes to real change, the long, slow, boring and often painful route is quite reliably, the most dire...
community as sanctuary,communion by intimate participation.
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world.
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committed people can change the world., Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful
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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Meade, was an American cultural anthropologi...
Monday, 26 November 2012
Rule of Life is an intentional pattern of spiritual disciplines that provides structure and direction for growth
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Rule of Life is an intentional pattern of spiritual disciplines that provides structure and direction for growth
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Rule of Life is an intentional pattern of spiritual disciplines that provides structure and direction for growth in holiness. A Rule establishes a rhythm for life in which is helpful for being formed by the Spirit, a rhythm that reflects a love for God and respect for how he has made us. The disciplines which we build into our rhythm of life help us to shed the “old self”...
Practicing a Rule of Life with others moves us against the grain of our individualistic culture.
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Practicing a Rule of Life with others moves us against the grain of our individualistic culture.
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Practicing a Rule of Life with others moves us against the grain of our individualistic culture. However, I believe that a Rule should grow from the positive aspects of our life, not what we perceive to be our failings. We should discern it in conversation with God and others in our community, and we must make God the focus of our Rule (don't focus on negative images of ourselves) and...
Friday, 23 November 2012
rules contain 12 Steps of Humility, which parallel Bill W’s 12 Steps in AA.
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rules contain 12 Steps of Humility, which parallel Bill W’s 12 Steps in AA.
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Will power! That’s all you need. Determination. Discipline. Ah, if the road to recovery were only that easy anyone recovering from addiction, anyone seeking the divine in their daily lives knows recovery and re-finding God is more about surrender than struggle, more about journey than destination, more about making progress than achieving perfection. Our...