{"product_id":"practicing-life-together-a-common-rule-for-christian-growth-9780802435187","title":"Practicing Life Together: A Common Rule for Christian Growth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou don't have to go it alone after college--nor should you!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven when we want good things, when we desire what's right, we're often frustrated by how we fail to follow through. \u003ci\u003ePracticing Life Together \u003c\/i\u003einvites readers to experience the blessings and benefits of a common rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rule of life is like a trellis. It's a standard, offering guidance and encouraging growth in the right direction. It's a way of living intentionally--of making a commitment to spiritual disciplines that are too important to leave up to our day-to-day whims. And the best way to take on a rule of life? Doing it with others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePracticing Life Together \u003c\/i\u003einvites emerging adults to consider participating in a common rule that will guide their growth and cultivate genuine community. As Dietrich Bonhoeffer discerned, Christian community is \"not an ideal which we must realize; it is rather a reality created by God in Christ in which we may participate.\" Christians don't have to go it alone during the formative years after college--it's possible to practice life together. Paul Gutacker introduces practices we can take up with others--communal prayer, weekly dinners, studying together, and Sabbath--in the hope that these can become life-shaping habits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePAUL GUTACKER\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian who lives in Waco, Texas. Since 2018, Paul, his wife, Paige, and their four children have been enjoying life with the Brazos Fellows, a community that studies, prays, eats, and discerns together. When he's not teaching, he loves sharing in favorite pastimes with his kids: cooking, fishing, reading, and rooting on the Buffalo Bills.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Moody Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51603263553810,"sku":"9780802435187","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5a0cfc0e-3a97-4d8f-9a42-d3bc5d15459e.jpg?v=1757432388","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/practicing-life-together-a-common-rule-for-christian-growth-9780802435187","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}