Dwell: Life with God for the World

Synopsis

Popular Notions Of Christian Spirituality Today Tend To Focus On Getting Us Out Of The World Or Getting The World Out Of Us. Many Are Looking To Spirituality As A Means Of Disengaging From This Life—to Experience The Transcendent Or Discover Personal Wholeness. On The Other Hand, Much Of Popular Christian Thought Seems To Be About Avoiding The Corruption Of The World By Being Pious And Following The Rules. But Jesus Offers A Radical Model For Living. As The Incarnate One Who Dwelt Among Us To Accomplish The Mission Of God, He Teaches Us How To Dwell In The World For The Sake Of The World. If We Are To Become Like Him, We Must Learn What It Means To Live Out This Missional Spirituality In The Places We Dwell. What Does A Christian Life Deeply Rooted In The Logic Of The Incarnation Look Like? Missional Teacher And Pastor Barry Jones Shares His Vision For Authentic Christian Spirituality Focused On Becoming More Like Jesus. We Dwell In A Specific Place And Time In History, With Unique Bodies And In A World For Which God Has Great Purposes Of Redemption. This Presence In The World Should Lead Us To Pattern Our Lives After The Life Of Jesus Who Was A Boundary Breaker, A Shalom-maker, A People-keeper, And A Wounded-healer. Jesus' Life Shows Us What It Looks Like To Be Fully Human, To Be Whole And Holy . . . To Be In The World And Not Of The World, To Live Passionately For The World And Not Protectively Withdrawn From It, Says Jones. Introduction: The Incarnation And Christian Spirituality -- The Stories We Live And The Stories We Live Into : Biblical Narrative And The Vision Of God -- Bent And Broken : The Vision Of God And The Vandalism Of Shalom -- The Dwelling Place Of God : The Vision Of God And The Presence Of The Spirit -- Glimpses Of The World To Come : The Vision Of God And The Way Of Jesus -- A Grammar Of The Disciplines : Practicing The Vision In Everyday Life -- Let It Be : Practicing The Vision In Prayer -- The Work Of The People : Practicing The Vision In Corporate Worship - Shabbat Shalom : Practicing The Vision In Sabbath Rest -- Table Manners : Practicing The Vision Through Feasting And Fasting -- Blessed Are The Peacemakers : Living The Vision In The Contexts Of Our Lives. Barry D. Jones ; Forewrod By Michael Frost. Includes Bibliographical References.