Testimony: Where Hope Is Real, Gratitude Abounds
Over the past year, since the release of Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals, I’ve heard hundreds of stories from people who’ve shared how the rhythms of the ancient liturgy are sustaining...
View ArticleCommon Prayer ‘On the Go’
In his Rule for communities that want to follow Jesus with their whole lives, St. Benedict devotes a great deal of time to instructions on how to pray. Praying together is important for any community,...
View ArticleConnecting the Dots, Finding Community
I was recently in Austin, Texas to give a lecture at Austin Presbyterian Seminary. While there, I had the chance to share dinner with folks from about a dozen different communities around the city....
View ArticleHow to Start a Community
Every week, I hear from people throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand who are longing for genuine Christian community. They’ve heard a story or read a book about the new...
View ArticleHow A Garden Grows
This past Saturday, the alleluias of Easter still resounding in our ears, we got up early for a work day at Rutba House. These things do not happen without some prep work. Two years ago, we noticed...
View ArticleLonging for Community
Despite the fact that we experience so little of it—indeed, precisely because we lack this basic human need—community is “in” these days. Marketing firms know that community sells. They don’t tell us...
View ArticleWhat Is Community? Learning from Saint Benedict
Today, July 11th, is the feast of Saint Benedict. On the day when this father of Western monasticism died, communities around the world will celebrate the gift of his life and witness. People...
View ArticleNurturing Communities of God’s Love
Guest Series by David Janzen The Holy Spirit is planting a new generation of Christian intentional communities. For three years I’ve been visiting these groups and now, with the help of younger...
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