Monday, May 01, 2006
moot rhythm of life update II
I am pleased to say that we had a very sucessful meeting yesterday where the moot rythm of life pretty much got its final shape. Everyone was very excited by the final form of the rhythm, and I think it poses enough challenge, as well as bringing enough familiarity. So thanks for everyone for taking the time to discuss and work this out over the last year.
I think we are now at a place where we, as moot, are able to articulate a real sense of vision for how we want to live in the city as Christians. A way of life that echoes the way of Christ we are all so familiar with in the Gospels, but places it firmly within the context of our lives in the 21st century in London, where concerns and pressures are somewhat different.
We now have three more discussion evenings where we will explore more fully the six aspects of our rhythm before we begin to live with the rhythm. We then hope to have some kind of service in January where people commit/vow/reflect on the rhythm and most probably be given some form of small symbolic gift that represents the rhythm (we're unsure of what shape this service will take and need to discuss this further).
The six aspects of the moot rhythm are presence, acceptance, creativity, balance, accountability and hospitality. They each bear more than a passing resemblance to both the Franciscan and Benedictian rules, which for me is a good thing as there is an obvious historical continuity in what we are doing.
You can download the rhythm here.
I think we are now at a place where we, as moot, are able to articulate a real sense of vision for how we want to live in the city as Christians. A way of life that echoes the way of Christ we are all so familiar with in the Gospels, but places it firmly within the context of our lives in the 21st century in London, where concerns and pressures are somewhat different.
We now have three more discussion evenings where we will explore more fully the six aspects of our rhythm before we begin to live with the rhythm. We then hope to have some kind of service in January where people commit/vow/reflect on the rhythm and most probably be given some form of small symbolic gift that represents the rhythm (we're unsure of what shape this service will take and need to discuss this further).
The six aspects of the moot rhythm are presence, acceptance, creativity, balance, accountability and hospitality. They each bear more than a passing resemblance to both the Franciscan and Benedictian rules, which for me is a good thing as there is an obvious historical continuity in what we are doing.
You can download the rhythm here.
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