Living into community : cultivating practices that sustain us / Christine D. Pohl. [print]
Material type: TextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Michigan : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Company, (c)2012.Description: vi, 213 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780802849854
- BV4501.P748.L585 2012
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Introduction: Four practices that sustain community -- I. Embracing gratitude as a way of life. Grateful hearts -- Complications in gratitude -- Going deeper : exploring what weakens and what strengthens gratitude -- II. Making and keeping promises. Promises, promises -- Complications in promising -- Going deeper : exploring what weakens and what strengthens promising -- III. Living truthfully. Truth-filled lives -- Complications in truthfulness -- Going deeper : exploring what weakens and what strengthens truthfulness -- IV. Practicing hospitality and beyond. Hospitality : drawing the practices together.
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 --
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