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Benedict Option

31 Jul 2017

The Half-Life of Holiness, Part 1

by John Pattison | posted in: Thin Places | 3

I recently had the privilege of editing a manuscript for my friend, the artist and writer Kari Gale. Kari writes a lot about pilgrimage and her forthcoming book describes the ten weeks she spent on Iona, a small island off … Read More

Benedict Option, Celtic Christianity, Church, Faithful Presence, Half-life of Holiness, Iona, Place, Thin Places, Time
10 May 2017

Reports of the Church’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

by John Pattison | posted in: Culture, Place | 2

  Beyond the Windshield I spent a lot of time on the road in 2016. Too much time probably, considering that I was out there talking about the virtues of slowing down and staying put. During one 120-day stretch, I … Read More

American Church, Benedict Option, Culture, Neighborhoods, Nones, Parish Collective, Rod Dreher, Tim Soerens
16 Mar 2017

Slow Church and The Benedict Option?

by Chris Smith | posted in: Books, Conversation, Culture | 1

One of the most talked-about books on the internet this week is Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option:A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation, which arrived in bookstores on Tuesday.  On a practical level, there is much common ground between the … Read More

Benedict Option, Books, Culture, Rod Dreher, Slow Church
2 Oct 2014

Options for the Coming Age: Benedict, Jeremiah, Both, or Neither?

by Chris Smith | posted in: Community, Conversation | 0

There’s been a rich conversation unfolding recently that I wanted to draw your attention to, because of its pertinence to Slow Church. In the face of fragmenting modern culture, Rod Dreher wrote a compelling piece almost a year ago on “The … Read More

Benedict Option, Jeremiah Option, Phil Kenneson, Rod Dreher, St. Benedict

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About the Authors

CHRIS SMITH and JOHN PATTISON are the coauthors of the award-winning Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus.

Chris is also the author of Reading for the Common Good: How Books Help Our Churches and Neighborhoods Flourish (IVP, 2016). The editor of the Englewood Review of Books, Chris lives in the Englewood neighborhood of Indianapolis.

John is also the coauthor of Besides the Bible: 100 Books that Have, Should, or Will Create Christian Culture (IVP, 2010). He previously served as Managing Editor of CONSPIRE Magazine and Deputy Editor of the Burnside Writers Collective. He lives in Silverton, Oregon, a rural community 40 miles south of Portland.

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