01088nam a2200145Ia 4500008004100000020003000041041000800071050002600079100002400105245009000129260005800219300002800277505061700305650002000922240426s9999 xx 000 0 und d a9780802849854 0802849857  aeng aBV4501.3 b.P635 2012 aPohl, Christine D.  0aLiving into Community : bCultivating Practices that Sustain Us /cChristine D. Pohl  aGrand Rapids, Mich. : bW.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.,c2012 avi, 213 p. b; c23 cm. aIntroduction: Four practices that sustain community -- I. Embracing gratitude as a way of life. Grateful hearts -- Complications in gratitude -- Going deeper : exploring what weakens and what strengthens gratitude -- II. Making and keeping promises. Promises, promises -- Complications in promising -- Going deeper : exploring what weakens and what strengthens promising -- III. Living truthfully. Truth-filled lives -- Complications in truthfulness -- Going deeper : exploring what weakens and what strengthens truthfulness -- IV. Practicing hospitality and beyond. Hospitality : drawing the practices together. aChristian life.