What our Rule of Life is Meant to Be
Dear All Souls,
During this past Sunday’s homily I quoted Rowan Williams (surprise, surprise) who once wrote that faith is not the feeling of being close to God. It is the decision to stand where God can find you. Feelings come and go, but faith stays in place.
That line has been with me since Sunday. Because when life frays and the headlines bruise and our own hearts feel thin, faith can sound like a tall order at best, and at worst it can feel like something we’re meant to summon from within. But Rowan reminds us it’s not a performance. It’s an act of staying. It’s trusting that even in our confusion or exhaustion, we are still being held.
That’s what our Rule of Life is meant to be.
A way of remembering.
A way of joining together to put ourselves where God can find us.
A pattern of staying close to the love that first found us.
We don’t live the Rule to impress God or prove our devotion. We live it so that, together, we keep coming home to the truth that we belong, that we are seen, and that Christ is already at work in us and among us.
Next Sunday is Rule of Life Sunday, when we’ll reaffirm our shared commitments:
to walk attentively with Jesus,
to practice generous hospitality,
to seek restoration,
and to join God’s work of shalom.
Together we’ll reaffirm our hopes to practice these very things as a community of faith walking in the way of Jesus.
If faith is remembering where we are loved, our Rule of Life gives shape to how we practice that remembering together.
Come ready next Sunday to renew your “yes.” Not as a burden, but as a homecoming.
Peace & All Goodness to you,
Bliss +
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