Comments on: ★ Missionary Model: St. Aidan of Lindisfarne (Late on the Missional Synchroblog bandwagon)

By: Yoyoceguguke

Yoyoceguguke — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:43:27 +0000

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By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:55:19 +0000

Thanks, Rob! I appreciated it.

By: Rob Robinson

Rob Robinson — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:26:03 +0000

Pat,

A great post, and a wonderful addition to the missional conversation. Thanks for posting!!

By: Brett Marko

Brett Marko — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:15:29 +0000

This is a great example of being missional. Yet when you look at the story of Aidan you realize the true source of being missional, seeking relationship with God and those around us. When I read the story of Aidan, John 15:9-14 jumps out to me. "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command."

Being missional is centered around us being focused in relationship to God and seek relationships with others per the model of God and the command to "love each other as I have loved you."

Aidan's focus in relationship towards others shows this important aspect of Christian life. I goes well with a quote from St. Francis of Assisi who said "Share the Good news at all times and if necessary use words."

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:45:59 +0000

Ah, Patrick, you've hit upon a wonderful theme.

Last weekend I spent time with a local Celtic community – the Northweest (US) region of the Community of Aidan and Hilda http://(www.aidantrust.org),” target=”_blank”>(www.aidantrust.org), with whom I'm exploring a relationship. We had just this discussion.

The discussion was initiated by one of the community members who is a Russian orthodox priest, and who challenged us to think about how the Celts did their penitential practices, and to consider whether we were just taking the grace and freedom of the Celtic missional model and not the discipline of it. While not many of us are up for praying cruciform in the cold ocean for hours, I personally am defiintely feeling challenged to be deeper in the Gospels and Psalms (and to begin to memorize chunks, and also to create a pattern of fasting as well. I'm also thinking that for my own Way of Life, a commitment to regular physical exercise may be the physical discipline that I need instead of cruciform prayer in the ocean .

But yeah, some of those Celtic monks' Rules were far beyond what we would agree as legalistic.

Todd Hunter – long ago of the Vineyard, then of Allelon, then of Off the Map, and now of Three is Enough – speaks on this topic to emeging church leaders who have experienced controlling leadership over them. He reminds us that the answer to bad practice is not NO practice, but proper practice. The answer to BAD leadership is not NO leadership, but proper leadership. the answer to BAD spiritual disciplines isn't NO discipline, but proper disciplines.

Now, what's "proper"? Ahh, that's the big question, yeah?

By: Patrick Oden

Patrick Oden — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:48:51 +0000

Amazing post. Grounding this discussion within church history and prior missional movements is absolutely critical. We're just the latest people in a long, long activity of the Spirit in this world.

I have long resonated with the Celtic church and appreciate your excellent short history here.

I wonder, though, about another aspect of these missional monks. If we look at the Rules they followed these men and women emphasized holiness in a way that is almost absurd to us. That's one aspect that the contemporary missional movement has missed, I think. The Spirit is, after all, the Holy Spirit, but I think attempts to be relevant and react against the Laws of prior forms of Christianity has pushed far too many into neglecting this side.

I think of Aidan and those many others and realize how humble I am not only before their outward efforts but also their inward.

I'm curious to hear what you think about that side of their lives.

By: Rick Meigs

Rick Meigs — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:08:06 +0000

Pat, Thanks for joining in this Syncroblog event. Feel free to pop over to my blog and leave a link to your post in the comments area so others can find you post.