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Wisdom of Stability: Rooting Faith in a Mobile Culture
Contributor(s): Wilson-Hartgrove, Jonathan (Author), Norris, Kathleen (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1557256233     ISBN-13: 9781557256232
Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
OUR PRICE:   $17.09  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Living - Spiritual Growth
Dewey: 248
LCCN: 2010000111
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" (0.40 lbs) 178 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Theometrics - Mainline
 
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Discussion around the bestseller The Benedict Option by Rod Dreher has led many people to want to know more about Benedictine principles.

In an age where we might email a friend in Africa, Skype a co-worker in Brazil, and teleconference with people in different time zones-all in one day-the sheer speed of life can be dizzying. Like children stumbling off a merry-go-round, says Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, we are grasping for something to anchor our lives in a sea of constant change.

In The Wisdom of Stability, Wilson-Hartgrove illuminates the biblical and monastic understanding of why staying in one place is both a virtue and good for you. "For the Christian tradition," he writes, "the heart's true home is a life rooted in the love of God." When we cultivate an inner stability of heart - by rooting ourselves in the places where we live, engaging the people we are with, and by the simple rhythms of tending to body and soul - true growth can happen. The Wisdom of Stability is a must-read for pastors, leaders, and anyone seeking an authentic path of Christian transformation.

​​"In whatever place you live, do not easily leave it." -Abba Anthony

Contributor Bio(s): Wilson-Hartgrove, Jonathan: - Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is a leader of the new monastic movement and co-founded the Rutba House community in Durham, North Carolina. An associate minister at St. John's Baptist Church in Durham, he also directs the School for Conversion, a partnership among new monastic communities for alternative theological education. His other books include Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers, New Monasticism, and God's Economy. www.jonathanwilsonhartgrove.com