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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

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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