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Nurturing the Beloved Community

The Sacred Art of Building and Sustaining Communities

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  • Paperback
  • 160 pages
  • Publisher: Canterbury Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1 cm

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For leaders building strong, shared communities.

Shows how to nurture trust, humility, and purpose.

Help your group live with connection and meaning.

A hopeful and practical guide to building resilient, intentional communities grounded in Christian contemplative wisdom.

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In an age marked by fragmentation, loneliness, and ecological crisis, Nurturing the Beloved Community offers a grounded and hopeful vision for reclaiming the practices of shared life. Drawing on over three decades of experience in residential intentional communities, Jonathan weaves together personal stories, practical wisdom, and deep spiritual insight to explore the virtues that sustain resilient communities.

Rooted in Christian contemplative traditions, he offers a rich, lived reflection on how vision, boundaries, humility, trust, need, work, gratitude, and celebration can shape healthy and enduring communal life. Each chapter integrates real-world experience with theological depth, offering both inspiration and concrete steps for individuals and groups seeking to live more intentionally.

Whether you're hoping to strengthen your local church, start a new intentional community, deepen your shared life with others, or simply live with more purpose and connection, Nurturing the Beloved Community speaks to anyone longing for a way of living that is relational, rooted, and resilient.

A practical, story-rich, and spiritually grounded guide for anyone who believes a better way of living together is possible.

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  • Title

    Nurturing the Beloved Community

  • Author

    Jonathan Herbert

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Canterbury Press

  • Published

    July 2026

  • Weight

    196g

  • Page Count

    160

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1 cm

  • ISBN

    9781786227164

  • ISBN-10

    1786227169

  • Eden Code

    7417272

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