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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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