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ON the ROAD Journal of the Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand Inc No ON THE ROAD Journal of the Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand Inc No. 37 June 2008 CONTENTS 2 THE VIEW FROM EPHESIANS FOUR 10 Subverting Hatred 2 Twelve Marks of New Monasticism 11 Just Policing, Not War 3 PRESIDENT’S REPORT 11 Youth Work After Christendom 4 Quaker Peace Stories 12 Herald Press Books 7 Urban Neighbours of Hope 13 Upcoming AAANZ Members’ 8 What a Story! Tele-conversation 8 WikiPacifica 14 Cascadia Books 9 On Reading 16 Earthy Theology Jesus is the centre of our Faith! Community is the centre of our Life! Reconciliation is the centre of our Work! AAANZ Conference open to all! “COMMUNITIES OF THE KINGDOM: THE NEW MONASTICISM AND ANABAPTISM” Friday evening 23rd January to Monday afternoon 26th January 2009 Oasis Christian Camp 66 Monbulk Road, Mt Evelyn, Victoria www.oasis.com.au More information to follow! On The Road The AAANZ quarterly journal publishes news, articles, book re- COVER SYMBOL: The lamb in the midst of briars views, and resource information. It is published online with a paper is a traditional Anabaptist symbol. It illustrates the edition available for those without computer facilities. suffering Lamb of God, who calls the faithful to (Paper edition A$25 per year) To be added to the mailing list write: obedient service and discipleship on the road. This [email protected] or particular rendition is from Hymnal A Worship On The Road Editors, P.O. Box 738 Book. Copyright 1992. Reprinted with permission of Mona Vale NSW 1660 Australia Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, PA, USA. 1 On The Road #37 Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand Inc. THE VIEW FROM EPHESIANS FOUR MARK AND MARY HURST ...to prepare all God’s people for the work of Christian service Tom Sine writes in is one reason we an article entitled “Joining have chosen as our the Anabaptist conspirators” theme for our next (http://www.themennonite. bi-national conference org/issues/11-11/articles/Joining_ “Communities of the_Anabaptist_conspirators): the Kingdom: The “God is doing something new New Monasticism through a new generation that and Anabaptism”. has a distinctly Anabaptist accent The conference in these uncertain times. These is scheduled for young initiators are creating Melbourne in January new ways to make a difference in both the world and the 2009. We will explore church. In The New Conspirators, I explained these together those things common to both Anabaptism activists and innovators as being found in at least four and the new monasticism movement (including Celtic streams: emerging, missional, mosaic and monastic.” Spirituality). We hope there will be mutual learning Tom and his wife Christine were recently in among both movements as we tell our stories and listen Australia and spoke in a number of settings around the to each other. [Mark your diaries now and plan to join us country. AAANZ sponsored a phone conversation with 23-26 January 2009.] Tom and Christine and heard their description of what is If you want to learn more about the “New happening among new Christian movements. Monasticism” movement, read Jonathan Wilson- After a brief description of the four streams Tom Hartgrove’s New Monasticism: What It Has To Say To says: “One can hear a distinctly Anabaptist accent as Today’s Church. It is an easily read description from these young conspirators in all four streams invite all one of the movement’s leaders in the USA. of us to embrace a more radical, whole-life faith and AAANZ has also started offering half-day silent to create churches that are more outwardly focused in retreats to allow people mission.” Part of our role in to experience Anabaptist AAANZ is to encourage these spirituality first-hand. So far radical expressions of faith these retreats have been held through providing resources in Sydney but can be made and linking like-minded people available elsewhere if the around Australia and New interest is there. Zealand. Enjoy the mix of Sine says, “While articles and book reviews we those in all four streams share have for you in this issue. many common concerns We offer them in the spirit of with those of Anabaptist Ephesians four “to equip the faith, the clearest Anabaptist saints for the work of ministry, voice is coming from those in for building up the body of the monastic stream.” This Christ.” THE TWELVE MARKS OF A NEW MONASTICISM Moved by God’s Spirit in this time and in 3) Hospitality to the stranger this place called America to assemble at St. Johns 4) Lament for racial divisions within the church and our Baptist Church in Durham, North Carolina, we wish to communities combined with the active pursuit of a just acknowledge a movement of radical rebirth, grounded in reconciliation. God’s love and drawing on the rich tradition of Christian 5) Humble submission to Christ’s body, the church. practices that have long formed disciples in the simple 6) Intentional formation in the way of Christ and the rule Way of Christ. This contemporary school for conversion of the community along the lines of the old novitiate. which we have called a “new monasticism,” is producing 7) Nurturing common life among members of intentional a grassroots ecumenism and a prophetic witness within community. the North American church which is diverse in form, but 8) Support for celibate singles alongside monogamous characterized by the following marks: married couples and their children. 9) Geographical proximity to community members who 1) Relocation to the abandoned places of Empire. share a common rule of life. 2) Sharing economic resources with fellow community 10) Care for the plot of God’s earth given to us along with members and the needy among us. support of our local economies. 2 June 2008 11) Peacemaking in the midst of violence and conflict May God give us grace by the power of the Holy resolution within communities along the lines of Spirit to discern rules for living that will help us embody Matthew 18. these marks in our local contexts as signs of Christ’s 12) Commitment to a disciplined contemplative life. kingdom for the sake of God’s world. http://www.newmonasticism.org/12marks/12marks.php PRESIDENT’S REPORT DOUG SEWELL A new way of step outside and even avoid the familiar ways of relating networking together face to face. How then do Christian communities build by phone was tried by relationships that enable compassion, empathy and AAANZ when Tom and connection? Christine Sine’s recent AAANZ wants to encourage its members and visit to Australia created small groups to meet for table fellowships around a an opportunity to host meal. Jesus used common meals to break bread and our first across Tasman fellowship. Food was something to be shared. Hospitality, Sea tele-conversation. encounter, mutual support and celebration can happen Tom and Christine met for a table fellowship at the through sharing simple meals together. AAANZ is Sydney home of Ian and Libby Packer with about a creating a members’ directory to enable people to dozen people. AAANZ Members around Australia and connect. New Zealand could call a toll free number to join the I can also report that a regional Christian discussion. Pacemaker Teams Australasia is a new Tom is a consultant in futures initiative in partnership with AAANZ. research and planning for both Christian Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) arose and secular organizations. Together from a call in 1984 for Christians to devote Tom and Christine, founders of Mustard the same discipline and self-sacrifice Seed Associates in Seattle, assist to nonviolent peacemaking that armies organizations to evaluate how their devote to war. Enlisting the whole church world, nation and communities are in an organized, nonviolent alternative to changing so they can adapt more war, today CPT places violence-reduction adequately to face the challenges of teams in crisis situations and militarised the 21st Century. Tom’s latest book is areas around the world at the invitation The New Conspirators: Creating the of local peace and human rights workers. Future One Mustard Seed At A Time. CPT embraces the vision of unarmed intervention waged Tom spoke about four parallel and overlapping by committed peacemakers ready to risk injury and death movements that are reshaping the contemporary face of in bold attempts to transform lethal conflict through the the church.... the missional churches that work alongside nonviolent power of God’s truth and love. and engage directly with local neighbourhoods, the Erin and Casper Adson, a young Australian emerging churches that interface with subcultural groups couple, say they have had their lives turned upside down and speak their language, the mosaic churches that by the power of creative nonviolence. Early in 2008 they connect with multi-cultural societies in a multifaceted joined a CPT delegation to the West Bank in Israel- way and the new monastics, intentional communities Palestine where they explored a Christian response to that are counter cultural and live empathetically with the international conflict and the people who are affected poor and alienated margins. All of the movements are by it. Since they’ve returned to Australia they have been seeking authentic and whole-of-life forms of discipleship. presenting an alternative narrative of the conflict and Tom typified them also as risk takers willing to step out in building solidarity in Australia. They want to join other faith and away from the familiar and time-worn traditional ‘ordinary radicals’ in exploring another way for this war- models of being church. In these respects the new torn world. movements model the aspirations of the Anabaptists the AAANZ with several Baptist, Quaker and radical reformers of 16th Century Reformation Europe.
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