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Do you have a \u201crule of life\u201d? What have you learned from adapting or forming a rule of life? In the 9th chp of Robert Webber\u2019s The Divine Embrace<\/a> $\"\"$ <\/em> we are treated to three groups of three teachings, each of which emerges from learning to live the Christian life out of a rule of life.
\nWebber, adapting Rule of St. Benedict<\/a> $\"\"$ <\/em>, proposes:
\nThree Vows
\n1. Stability: our baptism by dying to sin and living to Christ.
\n2. Fidelity: the commitment to remain in our baptism.
\n3. Obedience: servanthood, humility, etc..
\nThree Disciplines
\n1. Prayer: a constant activity. [One of the worst questions we can ask of one another is \u201cHow much time do you spend in prayer?\u201d because it assumes prayer is something we do away from everything else, while the NT teaches that prayer is not something we withdraw to do but something we always are doing. This does not mean special times set aside.]
\n2. Study: not just examination but lectio divina.
\n3. Work: Very important and I\u2019ll be doing something on this topic soon.
\nThree Means to Encounter Christ:
\n1. In daily life: Brother Lawrence
\n2. In material things: we care for what we have as a gift from God.
\n3. In encounters with people: reality not idealism; seeing all as made as Eikons.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"