I was at the Anabaptism and New Monasticism conference in Melbourne from 23-26 January. The speakers were all associated with intentional Christian communities and ‘New Monastic’ to lesser or greater extents; the term isn’t one any of the groups had consciously adopted.
I want to share my impressions of four Melbourne communites who spoke (there were [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘new monasticism’
February 3, 2009
2009 Anabaptist Conference : New Monasticism
November 25, 2008
Political engagement: embodying the change AND speaking truth to power
Wonderful article by Jim Kumfer discussed last night at the Newbigin Group. (We didn’t get there, having locked ourselves out of the car and house as we were about to leave. D’oh.)
Kumfer uses Yoder’s Body Politics to suggest that we need to combine the approach of Shane Claibourne and Jim Wallis. Shane Claibourne and his [...]
