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Thank you Diana. I've always loved your work precisely because it, as I see it, rejects the growth model and promotes the formation model - like the early Benedictine communities we came from! For this reason, my parishes have always grown because of new members seeking ... formation!

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I am a retired pastor who was so excited about the emerging church stuff -- including your writings. I burned out on the continuing institutional focus on numerical growth and weak theologies. Now, 7 years post retirement, I am a Benedictine Oblate and am connected to a Benedictine community. This is liberation theology in action. Formation is so much at the core of these communities.

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I love the Benedict communities idea. Did you listen to the recent Patrick Henry interview on The Secret Garden?

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Will do!

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