Preschool and war

[katielovesjoel]

I signed Rosemary up for a little summer preschool thing and it started today. It goes through July and is 2 hours a day, 2 days a week. I expected a little tugging at my leg and sadness that I was leaving, but ooooh no. The kid was all, 'You're cramping my style, mom. Would you leave please?' Sheesh. Just dropping her off at a school and leaving

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[mand_a_lion]

Chad and I often have the same discussion. We call it our "commune". Unfortunately, we have no idea how we'd even get it to work, let alone how to find the people who would be in it for the right reasons.

We look around us and see so much greed and corruption and, well, a lack of caring for each other. Sure, we all join forces when there's a natural disaster, but what about for those times when life is just throwing you a curve ball and you'd love to lean on your community? Without fear of gossip or backstabbing.

I know churches provide that sense of community for a lot of people, but I have a hard time with organized religion. Once burned and all that. I've just found the women in the church to be hypocritical and self-serving. *sigh*

If you guys figure it out, let me know...

[our_nest]

i think america is killing itself with our fierce independence. being dependent on others = weakness. right? wrong! having a relationship of cooperation, sacrifice, accountability, responsibility, etc. all of that fosters healthy relationships that challenge us in productive ways. i dont live communally with people on a day to day basis, as in someone living in my home, but we really try to value the idea of living and sharing our lives with many many people. it is painful, stressful, stretching, but oh my gosh rewarding.

[shesaid]

I haven't heard many people talk about community living until recently. A couple from my church that I recently met had another family living with them and after a year they recently moved out. Another couple was talking about how they wanted to live in community but it has to be with just the right people....and how do you even start when you already own a home not suitable for it and can't think about selling in a market like this (at least in North Mpls). It seems like there are so many obstacles but some people really seem to make it work well.

Trevor recently read "Jesus for President" which is another Shane Claiborne book. He hasn't really said much about it, but it sounded like Christian anarchy. He thought some of the examples/ideas were really a stretch, but I think he liked the book overall.

[wdr]

Jesus for President and The Irresistible Revolution are a little redundant. Many of the same themes are repeated in both books, although Jesus... focuses more on politics than the other book.

Claiborne has never wholeheartedly embraced Christian anarchism. His opinions definitely tend toward the Anabaptist movement, though, which many Christian anarchists also embrace. I love Shane and love what he is doing.

Christians in the early church lived in community; they were true "communists" without all the Socialist/Marxist/Leninist/Maoist garbage that is unfortunately associated with that term today. I am very interested in such a lifestyle. There are many such "intentional communities," similar to Claiborne's "Simple Way" that have started in the last few years.