num_pages: 378
description: Fifty-two readings on living in intentional Christian community to spark group discussion.Gold Medal Winner 2017 Illumination Book Awards Christian LivingSilver Medal Winner 2017 Benjamin Franklin Award in Religion Independent Book Publishers AssociationWhy 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 Sren Kierkegaard C. Norman Kraus C.S. Lewis Gerhard Lohfink Ed Loring Chiara Lubich George MacDonald Thomas Merton Hal Miller Jos P. Miranda Jrgen 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  Kempis Elton Trueblood and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove.
language: English
title: Called to Community: The Life Jesus Wants for His People
publisher: Plough Publishing House