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Tag: Benedictine rule
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Lesson 18: God, Truth, and Reality
Read MORE: Lesson 18: God, Truth, and RealitySister Joan ended her book with a reprise of the monastic vision found in the Benedictine Rule. She emphasized it offers a practical way to live the Gospel now by discerning God’s presence in all creation. I understand that as…
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Lesson 14: Stability
Read MORE: Lesson 14: StabilityIf my first attraction to the Benedictine Rule was its hospitality, my second was its stability. A pastor easily felt the impact of the mobile technology at first offered and then demanded. Children leaving town for college, exciting vocations, and…
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Lesson 11: Giftedness
Read MORE: Lesson 11: GiftednessIn 2000, Robert Putnam published Bowling Alone. It has quickly become a classic for understanding modern American community. His thesis is that our nation has lost our sense of the common good, because technology inherently promotes radical individualism. He used the…
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Lesson 8: Work
Read MORE: Lesson 8: WorkThe classic definition of economy was the management of the family or community that makes sure everyone is treated with dignity and has enough. We find ourselves in trouble because the model of the economy, that served us well in…
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Lesson 7: Balance and Moderation
Read MORE: Lesson 7: Balance and ModerationThe first thing mentioned by my class in Montgomery County, Maryland was how the Rule mandated treating work tools just as meticulously as worship articles. The group was surprised that a monastic community would think work was as important as…
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Lesson 6: Humility
Read MORE: Lesson 6: HumilityMy first response to Sister Joan remains that she seems to be writing about the self-evident. My second is she confronts exactly what is wrong with our present society. Her take on humility that she designates as the lost virtue…
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Lesson 5: God’s Presence
Read MORE: Lesson 5: God’s PresenceI really experienced what St. Benedict meant about the importance of conversation in any Christian community while teaching Sunday School last week. I was pointing out how much Luke-Acts associated the Holy Spirit with speaking boldly. A good one-third of…
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Lesson 4: Radical Individualism
Read MORE: Lesson 4: Radical IndividualismI am having a terrible time writing this series. I have studied, examined, and lived Christian community for such a long time that I do not know where to begin. As many of you know, my partners, Ed Keyser, Tim…
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Lesson 3: New Models
Read MORE: Lesson 3: New ModelsA change seems to have taken place in the relationship between church and society. Although it was long coming, most of us did not pay much attention until the recent presidential campaign. It was taken for granted that church and…
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Lesson 2: Church Community in History
Read MORE: Lesson 2: Church Community in HistoryLet’s take a quick look at various kinds of Christian community that have been practiced in our history. Most forms that served well in one period no longer worked in later ones, at least not in their original shapes. Even…
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So forgiveness pre-requires understanding the mistakes of the past? here hear re this opposing this me-first, America-first, white-first, male-first approach>…
An extremely timely topic. Thanks, Fritz!