tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-527802157869917083.post278164720468935818..comments2023-04-12T09:16:11.701-04:00Comments on Church House: FamilyChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745516651651256997noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-527802157869917083.post-1708300057709078712011-01-13T23:18:58.608-05:002011-01-13T23:18:58.608-05:00I can say that I hope that most of the "12 ma...I can say that I hope that most of the "12 marks of a new monasticism" will be fulfilled at this house, and it's conceivable that all of them would be. But that will be dependent on the people who end up living here. I should say I don't think of this place as a branch of new monasticism; I don't really even like that term. I just see their marks as deeply biblical and great goals for every church. And that means I'm flexible as to what particular ways of life develop here. One of the central activities I've had in mind for this house from the beginning is not part of new monasticism's list - hosting a regular worship service.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745516651651256997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-527802157869917083.post-17473286376831513802011-01-09T15:07:38.735-05:002011-01-09T15:07:38.735-05:00Thanks, Chris; I knew about Simple Way but not abo...Thanks, Chris; I knew about Simple Way but not about Rutba. Out of curiosity: would you explicitly aim to fulfil most (not all, I presume) of the "twelve distinctives" of the "new monasticism" mentioned at www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/september/16.38.html?Kylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-527802157869917083.post-32703133884186890912010-12-12T17:14:17.381-05:002010-12-12T17:14:17.381-05:00Indeed, and the good news is that those questions ...Indeed, and the good news is that those questions have been answered already by the hundreds of "non-nuclear family" Christian communities around the country and the world. A phone call to The Simple Way in Philly or Rutba House in Durham could clear a lot of that up immediately. I see those issues as secondary to family living itself, but also look forward to satisfying all those secondary issues in unique, counter-cultural ways that perhaps also will express God's upside-down kingdom.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745516651651256997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-527802157869917083.post-73835937330255131422010-12-11T16:32:07.302-05:002010-12-11T16:32:07.302-05:00Of course this also raises other equally challengi...Of course this also raises other equally challenging and even further-reaching questions - about ownership, for example, or liability, or inheritance, or taxes, or American property rights . . . .Kylenoreply@blogger.com