{"id":15881,"date":"2023-03-03T17:32:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T22:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=15881"},"modified":"2023-03-03T17:32:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T22:32:56","slug":"book-review-the-common-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=15881","title":{"rendered":"BOOK REVIEW | The Common Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1019\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/The-Common-Rule.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/The-Common-Rule.webp 682w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/The-Common-Rule-201x300.webp 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is just the second time I&#8217;ve read something by Justin Whitmel Earley and I am hooked!  Last summer I read <em>Habits of the Household<\/em> and really enjoyed what he had to say about rhythms for marriage, parenting, friends, etc.  <em>The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction<\/em> was another great read!  The premise of the book is being intentional about creating systems that allow us to draw close to the Lord in a deep and abiding relationship that will overflow into the way that we love and care about others in our life.  Excellent read&#8230;great gospel message and very practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I highlighted several things while reading and have posted those notes below&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We are all living according to a specific regimen of habits, and those habits shape most of our life. p. 7<\/li><li>The rule of life is intended to pattern communal life in the direction of purpose and love instead of chaos and decay.&nbsp; p. 14<\/li><li>Habits are how we stand up and get our hands on time.&nbsp; And because time is the currency of our purpose, habits are how we get our hands on our purpose. p. 15<\/li><li>How we order our space affects how we order our relationships. p. 55<\/li><li>Attention is our precious commodity.&nbsp; Our life is defined by what we pay attention to. p. 67<\/li><li>&#8220;All of man&#8217;s problems stem from his inability to sit quietly in a room alone.&#8221; &#8211; Blaise Pascal p. 72<\/li><li>The moments of waking are powerful moments of formation. p. 80<\/li><li>Each morning presents us with these questions.&nbsp; Who am I? And who am I becoming?&nbsp; Each morning, the Scriptures answer the same, as God says, &#8220;You are my child, and you are becoming like me.&#8221; That is something to stand the day on. p. 91<\/li><li>The question &#8220;Is there anything you aren&#8217;t telling me?&#8221; gets at the heart of friendship, because friendship is being known by someone else and loved anyway. p. 96<\/li><li>Vulnerability and time turn people who have a relationship into people who have a friendship.&nbsp; That&#8217;s what friendship is: vulnerability across time.&nbsp; The practice of conversation is the basis of friendship because it&#8217;s in conversation that we become exposed to each other. p. 98<\/li><li>Friendships light up the darkness.&nbsp; For that reason, I thin of friendships as little fires we tend.&nbsp; They light up the truth of the gospel, they invite people into the warmth, and they become the fires around which many can gather. p. 108<\/li><li>Limits are where freedom is found. p. 117<\/li><li>Fasting is to let your desires hang out in the open, where you can observe them. p. 131<\/li><li>If the question is &#8220;How does a human being offer a whole life to God? How do we live coherently?&#8221;&nbsp; the answer is formation, a word that connotes process. p. 163<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is just the second time I&#8217;ve read something by Justin Whitmel Earley and I am hooked! Last summer I read Habits of the Household and really enjoyed what he had to say about rhythms for marriage, parenting, friends, etc. The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction was another great read! 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