Crafting a Rule of Life: An Invitation to the Well-Ordered Way
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Your personal rule of life is a holistic description of the Spirit-empowered rhythms and relationships that create, redeem, sustain and transform the life God invites you to humbly fulfill for Christ’s glory.
All of us have an unwritten personal rule of life. We wake at certain times, get ready for our days in particular ways, use our free time for assorted purposes and practice rhythms of work, hobbies, and worship. There is already a rule in place that you are following. Isn’t it time to give up your unwritten rule and prayerfully write one that more closely matches the heartbeat of God?
In this practical workbook Stephen A. Macchia looks to St. Benedict as a guide for discovering your own rule of life in community. It is a process that takes time and concerted effort; you must listen to God and discern what he wants you to be and do for his glory. But through the basic disciplines of Scripture, prayer and reflection in a small group context you will be lead forward in a journey toward Christlikeness.
The invitation is transformational, so brace yourself for sweet release. By letting go and trusting God, you will receive the gift of life in its fullest and richest form.
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- Tackles the central question facing the intentional disciple of Jesus Christ.
- Writes about the value of a disciplined way of living for individuals and small groups.
- Offers a practical and doable process to move your life.
Helping people develop their own personal rule of life so that their lives truly revolve around the love of Jesus is one of the most important issues facing the church today. Steve has made a wonderful contribution in writing this practical, thorough book. I highly recommend it!
--Pete Scazzero, pastor and author of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
Whether our lives are overregulated or disheveled, a ‘rule of life’ may be what we need—and this book will help. It is not about ‘rules’ but about the end and purpose of life—to know and love God and become all he made us to be. Read it as a guide to shaping a life, neither frittered away in self-indulgence nor constrained by expectations of others, but growing into the fullness of Christ. You will find Steve Macchia to be a wise and seasoned companion on the way.
--Leighton Ford, author of The Attentive Life
Crafting a Rule of Life is a special gift of grace for all who seek a more faithful and fulfilling way of living as a follower of Jesus Christ. Steve Macchia clearly and compellingly writes about the value of a disciplined way of living for individuals and small groups, and then offers a carefully constructed pathway to find that more faithful and fulfilling way.
--Rueben P. Job, coauthor of A Guide to Prayer for Ministers and Other Servants and retired Bishop of the United Methodist Church
- Title: Crafting a Rule of Life: An Invitation to the Well-Ordered Way
- Authors: Mark Buchanan, Stephen A. Macchia
- Publisher: IVP
- Print Publication Date: 2012
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino; Christian life; Religion › Christian life--General; Spiritual life › Christianity
- ISBNs: 9780830869763, 9780830835645, 0830835644, 083086976X
- Resource ID: LLS:9780830869763
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-06T20:47:42Z