My 4-wheeler accident, nearly 7 weeks ago, has "forced us" to live in the same house as our daughter and her family. A wheel chair doesn't work that well in a 20 foot RV. Kristin and Keith have "bent over backwards" to make the stay as pleasant as possibile - gave up their bedroom, taxied us all over Northern Kentucky plus all the other DETAILS of "community living.
We're told that many "twenty something year-olds" are returning home to live with parents. Some families couldn't make it financially if they couldn't be living with another family. Community living is becoming more pervalent in the US as it has been in countries like China for numerous years.
Made me do a Google search on community living. I found a vast array of examples, from the tri-plex in Seattle called Mustard Seed House, where it seemed the parameters were very flexable, to large groups of cult type and rigid structures that appeared very unhealthy.
The Bible's Joshua 1:8 tells us that as we meditate on and obey Scripture. we'll be successful. Consequently I wanted to know what the Bible has to say on community living. No place does it have the term "community living." But there is plenty written about relationships.
Do you have any specific thoughts on this topic? I'd like to explore this in the next few blogs. rburwick@mindspring.com.
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You may try some of the 'rules' for living in a religious order, such as the Dominicans or Franciscans. Given that they've been living in communities for hundreds of years, I'd think they'd have some good suggestions.
Another suggestion is Bonhoeffer's account of the seminar he helped found during WWII, "Life Together": http://www.amazon.com/Life-Together-Classic-Exploration-Community/dp/0060608528
Its like you read my mind! You appear to know so much about this, like
you wrote the book in it or something. I think that you could do with a few pics to drive the message home a little bit, but
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