Starting January 5th 2025

I would love to invite you to join us at the start of 2025 for a free six week course as together we explore what it means to create and follow a rule of life. The purpose of a ‘Rule of life’ is to intentionally lay out the way you want to live your life.

What is important to you?
What are your values?
How do you want to spend your time?

Rule of life is not only relevant to the monastic tradition (as evidenced in St Benedict’s rule): the principles can be used by anyone who is concerned about how they live their lives and then provide markers and guidelines, inspired by the Spirit, to help them on their journey towards God and discipleship.

While the word “rule” may appear restrictive and legalistic, the Latin word we translate “rule” was originally the word for a trellis in a vineyard. Just as a vine or plant needs a trellis to lift it off the ground so it can be fruitful and keep free of predators and diseases, we need a rule as a kind of support structure to organise our life. We all already have a rule of life. A way of life. We just may not have been intentional about naming it and then editing it. Creating your own personal rule of life will be a spiritual practice that will make you reflect on not only the life you currently live but the life you want to live.

Over the next six weeks the brothers from The Society of Saint John the Evangelist will guide us prayerfully through this process using the metaphor of a garden. I am so excited to be able to share this content here with you and pray that over the next six weeks you encounter the Divine in new and surprising ways.

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