“We learn to dwell with God by learning the practices of hospitality, listening, forgiveness, and reconciliation- the daily tasks of life with other people. Stability in Christ is always stability in community” PeopleChristCommunityPracticeListeningTasksStabilityHospitalityReconciliationDaily Tasks Book:The Wisdom of Stability: Rooting Faith in a Mobile Culture Source: The Wisdom of Stability: Rooting Faith in a Mobile Culture
“As participants in a mobile culture, our default is to move. God embraces our broken world, and I have no doubt that God can use our movement for good. But I am convinced that we lose something essential to our existence as creatures if we do not recognize our fundamental need for stability. Trees can be transplanted, often with magnificent results. But their default is to stay.” IfsWorldNeedsUseMovingCultureLosesResultsExistenceDoubtTreeMovementBrokenCreaturesEssentialsFundamentalsEmbraceConvincedNo DoubtStabilityMagnificentMobileParticipantsDefaultBroken World Author:Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
“For the Christian tradition, the heart's true home is a life rooted in the love of God. Like Lao-tzu and Dorothy both, Christian wisdom about stability points us toward the true peace that is possible when our spirits are stilled and our feet are planted in a place we know to be holy ground.” KnowsHeartHomeChristianSpiritFeetHolyTraditionGod LoveStabilityRootedTrue PeaceLaosTrue HomeHoly GroundLao Tzu Author:Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove