the long, slow, boring and often painful route
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 direct.
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world.
"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 anthropologist.
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Rule of Life is an intentional pattern of spiritual disciplines that provides structure and direction for growth
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” and
allow our “new self” in Christ to be formed. Spiritual disciplines are means of grace by which
God can nourish us. Ultimately a Rule should help you to love God more, so if it becomes a
legalistic way of earning points with God or impressing others, it should be scrapped. If the
traditional, ancient term “rule” concerns you because it sounds legalistic, think of “rule” as a
“rhythm of life” or as a “Curriculum in Christlikeness” (Dallas Willard), or as a “Game Plan for
Morphing” (John Ortberg).
In order to be life-giving, a Rule must be realistic! It is not an ideal toward which you are
striving to soar. Instead, your initial Rule should be a minimum standard for your life that you
do not want to drop below. It’s a realistic level of engaging in the spiritual disciplines for which
you can honestly and truly be held accountable.
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Practicing a Rule of Life with others moves us against the grain of our individualistic culture.
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 then we move in the directions in which we feel God's calling. A Rule of Life should be a response to being loved by God in the first place, and feeling moved to become what God calls us to be in this world.
Ever since St. Benedict's time, Christians have used a Rule of Life to provide an ancient yet powerfully consistent way to live into our present and future faith.
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an apocalypse on Earth on December 21, 2012
an apocalypse on Earth on December 21, 2012
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To live in communion, in genuine dialogue with others is absolutely necessary if man is to remain human.
To live in communion, in genuine dialogue with others is absolutely necessary if man is to remain human.
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Come, dervishes: here is the water of life. Dance in it.
Come, dervishes: here is the water of life. Dance in it.
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Benedict (like Bill W) realized we must understand our dependence on God before being restored to sanity.
Benedict (like Bill W) realized we must understand our dependence on God before being
restored to sanity. “We are like a child on its mother’s lap,” Benedict writes, “cut off from
nourishment, helpless, left without the resources we need to grow in the spirit of God.”
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