A guide to communal life. Completely revised.
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A Rich Resource for the Christian Community,
This review is from: Community and Growth (Paperback)
Jean Vanier's Community and Growth sheds such light on the topic of community. The richness flows from years of keen observation, experience, reflection, and prayer on this issue. Vanier has lived and breathed community, not just studied it. Humility and grace flow from each page. Vanier's servant leadership in the l'Arche communities is a wonderful living witness to the world of what Christian love looks like fleshed out. A real strength in this book is Vanier's insight into human nature. Even as Christians we are a mixture of light and darkness. But God's grace shines through when we accept others as they are. Yet at the same time, the community beckons each individual member to grow more Christlike. This book teaches us how to live in any kind of community: the home, church, small group, or any gathering. Vanier writes that a true community "provides a sense of belonging and an orientation of life to a common goal and common witness" (p.10). With such clarity and perception Vanier paints a vivid picture of community for us: the importance of unity, forgiveness, mission, selflessness, communication, celebration, humility, and respect for authority. Community and Growth helps us along the journey of "life together." There are some books that are to be read once. And there are others to be read and reread. This book invites us to return to it over and over--like an old friend.
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The profound wisdom in this book is born out of a lifetime of growth in the context of Christian community with the poor that Jean Vanier has been immersed in for almost 40 years. This book is not only interested in giving structural and personal tips for creating a healthy and God-centered community; it actually is like Jean Vanier's manifesto in terms of his paradigm of why community life is important and how God teaches special and beautiful things in the context of communities. He is such an effective writer. He is able to exhort the reader to want to pursue community life, but without being overly idealistic and ignoring the many complex difficulties that arise. Jean exhorts the reader to pursue community life not because it will be easy and always meet all our needs, but because it brings tremendous growth and because God's love and calling are bigger than the problems that come up in community. This is the best book I have ever read on community, and I will likely read it again.
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Excellent Christian Community Text,
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This review is from: Community and Growth (Paperback)
Vanier takes an in-depth look at community life and living through his experiences with the L'Arche community in France.This Biblically-based book offers excellent insights, tips, rules and suggestions for how to build a healthy community. The book is a wonderful primer for anyone considering the possibility of living in Christian community.
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Community is a place of belonging, a place where people are earthed and find their identity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
people with responsibility, community discernment, marginal people Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Holy Spirit, New York, Scott Peck, Mother Teresa, Jesus Christ, Brother Roger, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Kingdom of God, Roman Catholics, Bruno Bettelheim, Crucified One, Henri Nouwen, Kathryn Spink, The Different Drum New!
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Community is a place of belonging, a place where people are earthed and find their identity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
people with responsibility, community discernment, marginal people Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Holy Spirit, New York, Scott Peck, Mother Teresa, Jesus Christ, Brother Roger, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Kingdom of God, Roman Catholics, Bruno Bettelheim, Crucified One, Henri Nouwen, Kathryn Spink, The Different Drum New!
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- The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace by M. Scott Peck on page 24, page 34, and page 58
- Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community by Dietrich Bonhoeffer on page 52, page 67, and page 253
- Man and Woman He Made Them by Jean Vanier in Front Matter, and page 87
- Place Called Community (Pendle Hill pamphlet ; 212) by Parker J. Palmer in Front Matter, and page 44
- A Universal Heart: The Life and Vision of Brother Roger of Taize by Kathryn Spink on page 107, and page 228
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- Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition by Christine D. Pohl on 11 pages
- The Miracle, the Message, the Story: Jean Vanier And L'arche by Kathryn Spink on 7 pages
- Everybody's Normal Till You Get to Know Them by John Ortberg on 5 pages
- Christly Gestures: Learning to Be Members of the Body of Christ by Mr. Brett P. Webb-Mitchell in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 229
- Sanctify Them in the Truth: Holiness Exemplified by Stanley Hauerwas on page 143, page 152, and page 154
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