Thoughts on Christian Community

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. . .from Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, author and activist in the 'new monasticism' movement:

Christian Community w/Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove from The Work Of The People on Vimeo.

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  1. LeeAnnWednesday, 18 May, 2011

    did not see a place to message any of you about the blog from '08 re: "An Anglican Community", but am interested in Anglicans living in community. i found one in my city. it's a bit intense with pretty direct questioning put to people as they share personal stuff: daunting, but productive, if you can tolerate this as you are just getting to know the group! there's also some inclusivism or universalism. -all to say, there's one in my city, but for various reasons, but i'm still looking. please do keep me up on communal groups that are forming, discussion groups, forums on the subject.

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  2. jmwTuesday, 28 June, 2011

    LeeAnn, so sorry, but I just saw that this comment was in the pipeline. Please let us know if you find something out there.

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