The Cowgirl Conversation
the following is the synopsis of a group of friends around the country who are ordering their lives around these rhythms. These were listed in a restraunt in downtown Santa Fe in October 2003, named the Cowgirl.


We believe that a more beautiful and generative life is possible

We are a people longing for a more integrated life with God.

We want our kids and other people we influence to experience a better way of life, a Better way of being christian

In a world that no longer trusts empty God words, we want to bear witness to the reality of the kingdom of God among us

We are convinced that the good news of the kingdom and the life of Jesus is: (1) Holistic (relates to every dimension of our lives) & (2) integrative (that the various dimensions of our lives are contingent upon each other, like a web).

Similarly, we are convinced that the message of the kingdom is not only something to believe cognitively, but something to respond to with our very lives.

We are convinced that the significance of the life and work of Jesus is an invitation into the quality of life the creator imagines for us: love for God expressed through love for all that God has made.

So we keep asking ourselves, "What does it mean to love the creator and the creation?" Or "How do we specifically become people formed in the way of Jesus?"

We are convinced that a way of life, certain personal and collective practices, are the necessary means of being formed in the way of Jesus. We desire to commit ourselves, personally and collectively, to a rhythm of life and a set of practices that help us to be formed in the way of Jesus.

Various communities of people throughout history have developed peculiar and prophetic ways of life in pursuit of spiritual formation. The significance of our developing such a pattern is not in its inherent uniqueness or improvement upon past efforts, but In our intention, as a living local & global community, to live out these practices And encourage one another's formation & transformation in the times & places where we live.

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