Fritz a wonderful lesson – and esp. reading has a flow I found encompassing. If only …….. yes we can…
Weekly lessons in theology and public life • Since 2011
Tag: Christian community
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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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Lesson 1: The First Christian Community
Read MORE: Lesson 1: The First Christian CommunityA number of my friends are raising questions about Christian community. They are finding our present forms fail to enrich, nourish, or inspire their lives. Many are frustrated after having tried one congregation after another. Our conversations have convinced me…
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Lesson 10: Community
Read MORE: Lesson 10: CommunityFrom the beginning, a critical question has been who speaks for God. God relates to us primarily through words, so determining who is his spokesperson in every situation is pretty important. Sometimes God speaks through one person, the prophets being…
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Lesson 15: Make Christian Community Your Reference Point
Read MORE: Lesson 15: Make Christian Community Your Reference PointBoy, this one has some catchy adjectives. We are not to join just any church, but a “real” one that is relevant to the “contemporary” situation. In fact, it replaces “church” with “community,” implying it should not simply be a…
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Lesson 19: What a Johannine Church Looks Like
Read MORE: Lesson 19: What a Johannine Church Looks LikeWe always hear we need authority in order to keep unity in the Church. Those making the claim usually mean they have the proper theology to which everyone else must conform. However, this kind of authority has done little to…
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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!