The Rule of Life Again

Toward attunement away from dissonance

I want to grow in the fruit of the Spirit….RIGHT NOW!

I’m kind of lonely…BUT I HAVE NO TIME FOR SLOW CONVERSATIONS!

I want to know God more…IN LESS TIME!

I wish I knew more about the Bible…WITHOUT HAVING TO SPEND TIME READING!

I’d like to be a prayerful person…AUTOMATICALLY!

I’d like to be mature…WITHOUT ALL THE HASSLE!

I’d like to be a disciple…BUT WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE CONDITIONS ARE BETTER.

The dissonant intentions, longings, desires, and wants in our lives seem endless. Corrie ten Boom said, "If the devil can't make you sin, he'll make you busy.”

Last night I presented the first way in our Rule of Life–the Way of Grace. It is my favorite, and hands down, the most important. That is why it is first. Our Theta Community, Telos Community, and this year, our Omega Community all will be introduced to this teaching. A Rule of Life invites us to consider our intentions, longings, desires, and wants and helps us integrate them into a sustainable and memorable habitus. Another way to put it–it intends to bring our body, speech, thinking, feeling, values, and action into alignment with Jesus. Join one of those groups if you can. An introduction to Rule of Life, a synopsis of the seven teachings, with some supplemental material is available for all at www.trinitysanpedro.org/ruleoflife.