Fifty-two readings on living in intentional Christian community to spark group discussion. Gold Medal Winner, 2017 Illumination Book Awards, Christian Living Silver Medal Winner, 2017 Benjamin Franklin Award in Religion, Independent Book Publishers Association Why, in an age of connectivity, are our lives more isolated and fragmented than ever? And what can be done about it? The answer lies in the hands of God’s people. Increasingly, today’s Christians want to be the church, to follow Christ together in daily life. From every corner of society, they are daring to step away from the status quo and respond to Christ’s call to share their lives more fully with one another and with others. As they take the plunge, they are discovering the rich, meaningful life that Jesus has in mind for all people, and pointing the church back to its original calling: to be a gathered, united community that demonstrates the transforming love of God. Of course, such a life together with others isn’t easy. The selections in this volume are, by and large, written by practitioners―people who have pioneered life in intentional community and have discovered in the nitty-gritty of daily life what it takes to establish, nurture, and sustain a Christian community over the long haul. Whether you have just begun thinking about communal living, are already embarking on sharing life with others, or have been part of a community for many years, the pieces in this collection will encourage, challenge, and strengthen you. The book’s fifty-two chapters can be read one a week to ignite meaningful group discussion. Contributors include from John F. Alexander, Eberhard Arnold, J. Heinrich Arnold, Johann Christoph Arnold, Alden Bass, Benedict of Nursia, Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt, Leonardo Boff, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Joan Chittister, Stephen B. Clark, Andy Crouch, Dorothy Day, Anthony de Mello, Elizabeth Dede, Catherine de Hueck Doherty, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jenny Duckworth, Friedrich Foerster, Richard J. Foster, Jodi Garbison, Arthur G. Gish, Helmut Gollwitzer, Adele J Gonzalez, Stanley Hauerwas, Joseph H. Hellerman, Roy Hession, David Janzen, Rufus Jones, Emmanuel Katongole, Arthur Katz, Søren Kierkegaard, C. Norman Kraus, C.S. Lewis, Gerhard Lohfink, Ed Loring, Chiara Lubich, George MacDonald, Thomas Merton, Hal Miller, José P. Miranda, Jürgen Moltmann, Charles E. Moore, Henri J. M. Nouwen, Elizabeth O’Connor, John M. Perkins, Eugene H.Peterson, Christine D. Pohl, Chris Rice, Basilea Schlink, Howard A. Snyder, Mother Teresa, Thomas à Kempis, Elton Trueblood, and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove.

Called to Community: The Life Jesus Wants for His People

Politics & Social Sciences

MERTON, THOMAS

Peterson, Eugene H.

Wilson-Hartgrove, Jonathan

Pohl, Christine D.

Day, Dorothy

Kierkegaard, Søren

FOSTER, Richard J.

DOSTOYEVSKY, FYODOR

Teresa, Mother

Vanier, Jean

Chittister, Joan

SNYDER, Howard A.

Perkins, John M.

BONHOEFFER, DIETRICH

Arnold, Eberhard

Benedict, Saint

Janzen, David

Lubich, Chiara

Nouwen, Henri J.M.

Lewis. C.S.

Sociology

Plough Publishing House

May they all be one

Mariapolis Ltd

The Eucharist

Religion & Spirituality

New City

Is it possible for one person truly to love another? Am I able to love you for you and not for me? And when it comes to God, do I not use him as a prop for my own lack of maturity?This collection of short reflections will help us to see that true love between persons is possible and that our love of God is the fulfillment of our personal freedom. Again and again the meditations return to the first Christian, Mary, who emerges as the freest human being there has ever been.

Knowing How to Lose

Jesus in Our Brother

Why Have Your Forsaken Me?: The Key to Unity

Here and Now: Meditations on Living in the Present

Christian Books & Bibles

Only at Night We See the Stars: Finding Light in the Face of Darkness

New City Press

Journey: Spiritual insights

Worship & Devotion

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