Living into Community
Cultivating Practices That Sustain Us
Published on 20. December 2011
173 pages
978-1-4674-3186-6 (ISBN)
Description
Every church, every organization, has experienced them: betrayal, deception, grumbling, envy, exclusion. They make life together difficult and prevent congregations from developing the skills, virtues, and practices they need to nurture sturdy, life-giving communities.In Living into Community Christine Pohl explores four specific Christian practices -- gratitude, promise-keeping, truth-telling, and hospitality -- that can counteract those destructive forces and help churches and individuals build and sustain vibrant communities. Drawing on a wealth of personal and professional experience and interacting with the biblical, historical, and moral traditions, Pohl thoughtfully discusses each practice, including its possible complications and deformations, and points to how these essential practices can be better cultivated within communities and families.
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12/2011
William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
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Christine D. Pohl is associate provost and professor of Christian social ethics at Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky, and the author of Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition.
Content
- Intro
- 1. Introduction: Four Practices That Sustain Community
- I. Embracing Gratitude as a Way of Life
- 2. Grateful Hearts
- 3. Complications in Gratitude
- 4. Going Deeper: Exploring What Weakens and What Strengthens Gratitude
- II. Making and Keeping Promises
- 5. Promises, Promises
- 6. Complications in Promising
- 7. Going Deeper: Exploring What Weakens and What Strengthens Promising
- III. Living Truthfully
- 8. Truth-Filled Lives
- 9. Complications in Truthfulness
- 10. Going Deeper: Exploring What Weakens and What Strengthens Truthfulness
- IV. Practicing Hospitality and Beyond
- 11. Hospitality: Drawing the Practices Together
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Questions for Discussion and Reflection
- Index
