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The Wisdom of Stability: Rooting Faith in a Mobile Culture
“In whatever place you live, do not easily leave it.” –Abba Anthony
In an age where we might email a friend in Africa, skype a co-worker in Brazil, and
teleconference with people in different time zones–all in one day–the sheer speed of life can be dizzying. Like children stumbling off a merry-go-round, says Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, we are grasping for something to anchor our lives in a sea of constant change.
In The Wisdom of Stability, Wilson-Hartgrove illuminates the biblical and monastic understanding of why staying in one place is both a virtue, and good for you. “For the Christian tradition,” he writes, “the heart’s true home is a life rooted in the love of God.” When we cultivate an inner stability of heart – by rooting ourselves in the places where we live, engaging the people we are with, and by the simple rhythms of tending to body and soul – true growth can happen. The Wisdom of Stability is a must-read for pastors, leaders, and anyone seeking an authentic path of Christian transformation.
Customer Reviews:
"A Vibrant Contrast to the Madness of our Hypermobile Culture"
By C. Christopher Smith "Englewood Review of Books" - May 4, 2010[ This review originally appeared in
THE ENGLEWOOD REVIEW OF BOOKS - 30 April 2010 ]
Transience is a major curse of our age. From those who are always on the move to avoid their creditors to the upwardly mobile who are always seeking greener pastures, it seems that everyone is on the move. In our urban neighborhood, it is a fairly common practice for renters to move into a new place, paying the first month's rent, and then forego paying the second month's rent, and then at the end of the second month when their account is 30 days past due, the eviction process is started and the renter then has 30 days until they are evicted. Thus, crafty renters can get three months worth of housing for the price of one month, and force themselves into a cycle of moving every three months (or more if they are able to scrape together more than a single month's rent). These habits have larger cultural implications; I have heard of a public school in our neighborhood that has... read more
The Wisdom of Stability couldn't be more timely
By Christopher Heuertz - April 20, 2010The Wisdom of Stability is thick with story and packed with real-life practical application. It's grounded in the ancient practice of stability, embodied and legitimized by monastic and cloistered communities that lived the value of staying put. At the same time, Jonathan avoids a formulaic tendency to reduce stability to merely staying put in a specific location, and he re-narrates a fuller vision of stability as an orientation--one grounded in faith, vocation and community.
The book is well thought through and brilliantly organized. Jonathan's reflections meander through the complexities of rooting in a time and cultural context that seems to avoid making commitments. It's confessional, inquisitive and beautifully honest. The book is an invitation into a conversation that we must find the courage to engage.
I've appreciated this book more than any other I've read this year. The Wisdom of Stability couldn't be more timely.
Wilson Hartgrove and Wise are Synonymous
By Lisa N. Hickman "writing in the margins" - April 20, 2010Jonathan and I attended a writer's workshop with Eugene Peterson two summers ago at Collegeville Institute. Around the table, we prayed and struggled as pastors and writers about the prayer to stay and all the urges to flee. I am so glad to see the culmination of those conversations in this book of wisdom. For anyone wrestling with place and purpose, this book serves as good counsel.
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