by Brother Aidan Daniel | Feb 15, 2025 | Community
Below is a revised language proposal based upon feedback to the original language: An individual seeking to profess Life Vows must submit a formal written request to the Servant Guardian, clearly stating their motivation for doing so, no less than four months (120...
by Brother Aidan Daniel | Feb 11, 2025 | Community
Rationale: Several Companions have expressed concerns that the current process for professing Life Vows is overly simple and essentially automatic. This issue is emerging in part due to two Life Professed Companions leaving the community in the last few years. The...
by Brother Aidan Daniel | Feb 5, 2025 | Community
Rationale: The purpose of this edit to the Founding Document is to bring the Founding Document into alignment with changes made in the community structure at GA 2024, when we established the role of Assistant to the Servant Guardian. The description of the role is in...
by Brother Aidan Daniel | Aug 9, 2023 | Community, Home Page
When I read Chapter 3, I started thinking about Dietrich Bonhoffer’s concept of “cheap grace.” From my perspective, cheap grace is essentially exactly how it sounds; it is grace that is cheap. It is cheap in the way that it does not cost people anything. I see it as...
by Brother Aidan Daniel | Aug 2, 2023 | Community, Home Page
I could not help but be aware of last week’s General Assembly when considering the title of this chapter, “Beloved Community,” and much of what Jones said about the church community in this chapter, I had seen and experienced in the past week during our time together...
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