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Feast Day of St. Benedict of Nursia

July 11, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

I was about to set off to university. My friends and I headed north for a week of camp sponsored by Young Life — it was at the extraordinary Malibu Club on Princess Louisa Inlet in British Columbia. They called the camp “College Prep” and the message was clear: We’d been Christians in high school, […]

Filed Under: Community, Monasticism, Saints Tagged With: Benedict of Nursia, community, Malibu Club, Mission, Monasticism, Prayer, Solitude, Young Life

What Kind of Relationship Defines Community?

June 4, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 3 Comments

The church was spending weeks and weeks on new mission and vision statements — documents intended to guide their life as a community for the next long while. What should define their life together? I talked to them about biblical pictures of the Church. You know them too: we are Christ’s body, as interconnected as […]

Filed Under: Community, Monasticism Tagged With: Benedict of Nursia, community, Monasticism, relationship, Rule of St. Benedict, Silence

The Secret Ingredient Transforming Communities for Mission

May 28, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 1 Comment

I’m asleep in the early morning hours.  There is a knock on my door, and a monk lets me know it is time to be in the chapel. Again. Praying. Again. Throughout the day it is a rhythm like breathing. To the chapel to pray. Back out to work. To the chapel to pray. Back out […]

Filed Under: Community, Monasticism, Prayer, Theology Tagged With: Benedict of Nursia, Bible memorization, community, Divine Office, Lectio divina, Liturgy of the Hours, Mission, Monasticism, Navigators, Prayer

12 Steps that Prepare a Community for Mission

May 20, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 7 Comments

On his first Maundy Thursday in office Pope Francis washed the feet of some of God’s people. Humble. Obedient. Outrageous. Jesus said “So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.” (John 13:14) And so Francis did it — but he colored outside the lines: […]

Filed Under: Community, Monasticism, Uncategorized Tagged With: Benedict of Nursia, community, Francis I, Humility, Monasticism, Obedience, Rule of St. Benedict, Washing feet

Who’s Going to Lead This Tribe?

May 13, 2013 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

Little ducks and geese know how to follow mom, and she knows how to lead them to food and safety. They have a system, and it works for them. Christians too find ways to lead and follow, whether they organize themselves into a church or a para-church, a small group or a monastery. The leadership […]

Filed Under: Community, Monasticism Tagged With: Abbot, Benedict of Nursia, community, leadership, Monasticism, Rule of St. Benedict, Tribes

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