Practicing Life Together: A Common Rule for Christian Growth (First Edition)

By: Paul Gutacker

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Synopsis: You don&’t have to go it alone after college—nor should you!Even when we want good things, when we desire what&’s right, we&’re often frustrated by how we fail to follow through. Practicing Life Together invites readers to experience the blessings and benefits of a common rule.A rule of life is like a trellis. It&’s a standard, offering guidance and encouraging growth in the right direction. It&’s a way of living intentionally—of making a commitment to spiritual disciplines that are too important to leave up to our day-to-day whims. And the best way to take on a rule of life? Doing it with others. Practicing Life Together invites emerging adults to consider participating in a common rule that will guide their growth and cultivate genuine community. As Dietrich Bonhoeffer discerned, Christian community is &“not an ideal which we must realize; it is rather a reality created by God in Christ in which we may participate.&” Christians don&’t have to go it alone during the formative years after college—it&’s possible to practice life together. Paul Gutacker introduces practices we can take up with others—communal prayer, weekly dinners, studying together, and Sabbath—in the hope that these can become life-shaping habits.