Create a Gospel-Centered Rule of Life
Habits form us more than we form them. The modern world is a machine of invisible habits, forming us into anxious, busy people. We yearn for the freedom of the gospel but remain shackled by our screens and exhausted by our routines.
The answer is a rule of life that aligns our habits to our beliefs. The Common Rule's four daily and four weekly habits transform frazzled days into lives of love for God and neighbor. IJustin Earley provides:
– doable, life-giving practices to find freedom and rest for your soul
– expanded content including study guide questions for individual reflection and group discussion, and
– practical, accessible resources for building habits that bring life.
Table of Content
Introduction: Discovering the Freedom of Limitations
Part 1: How to Practice the Common Rule
What Is a Rule?
The Eight Habits of the Common Rule
Part 2: The Daily and Weekly Habits
Daily Habit 1: Kneeling Prayer at Morning, Midday, and Bedtime
Daily Habit 2: One Meal with Others
Daily Habit 3: One Hour with Phone Off
Daily Habit 4: Scripture Before Phone
Weekly Habit 1: One Hour of Conversation with a Friend
Weekly Habit 2: Curate Media to Four Hours
Weekly Habit 3: Fast from Something for Twenty-Four Hours
Weekly Habit 4: Sabbath
Epilogue: On Failure and Beauty
Resources
Habits in a Nutshell
Trying One Habit of the Common Rule
Trying a Week of the Common Rule
Trying a Month of the Common Rule
The Common Rule for Congregations
A Prayer for Those Trying the Common Rule Habits
The Common Rule as a Rule of Life
The Common Rule for Different Walks of Life
Acknowledgments
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
Notes
About the author
Justin Whitmel Earley is the creator of The Common Rule, a program of habits designed to form us in the love of God and neighbor. He is also a mergers and acquisitions lawyer in Richmond, Virginia. Justin and his wife, Lauren, have four sons.
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