In the Coracle

Rules and Monastic Life (Urban Iona Part 6)

November 22nd, 2008, No Comments

Continuing the series of digging into Kurt Neilson’s book, Urban Iona.
From chapter 22:

The writing of a Rule of life seemed to be the natural step [in Neilson's return to his parish church after his pilgrimage]. Monastic life is an old phenomenon in the Church. It was the effort to establish God’s kingdom on earth, with [...]

Being Church, Doing Church, and the fall of Empire (Urban Iona Part 5)

November 22nd, 2008, No Comments

Continuing the series of digging into Kurt Neilson’s book, Urban Iona.
From chapter 20:

A great deal of talk and writing goes into diagnosing why many ways of “being church” and “doing church” either don’t work anymore, or even if they work the result looks and feels more like American culture than it does the radical values [...]

Hunger for Community (Urban Iona Part 4)

November 22nd, 2008, No Comments

Continuing the series of digging into Kurt Neilson’s book, Urban Iona.
From chapter 16:

Many of us, I most certainly, hunger for something fresh and new and challenging and not convenient, not accommodated to the culture of this or any other bygone day. I crave a faith and a community that is grateful for the past and [...]

Fun Aside (Urban Iona)

November 21st, 2008, No Comments

Continuing the series of digging into Kurt Neilson’s book, Urban Iona. Here is more proof that Kurt Neilson is in fact one of the voices in my head :-):

For all my prattling about the Celts, there is a Benedictine part of my soul as well – I co-founded a clergy group covenanted to an adaptation [...]

Choice Quotes about Celtic Monasticism and Celtic Spirituality – Part 1

November 21st, 2008, No Comments

Earlier this week I wrote an entry recommending “Urban Iona: Celtic Hospitality in the City” (Kurt Neilson) . I did lots of highlightiing and notetaking in this book, which looks dog-eared already even though it’s only been through one read with me. I’m hard on books I guess :-).
In this post, I want to share [...]