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The City Is My Monastery: A Contemporary Rule of Life

by Richard Carter

A monastic rule shaped for city life

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A monastic rule shaped for city life

Richard Carter’s account connects his move from fifteen years in the Melanesian Brotherhood to founding the Nazareth Community at Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, a busy church in central London. The community’s practice is organized around seven pillars—Silence, Service, Scripture, Sacrament, Sharing, Sabbath Time, and Staying—which frame the book’s reflections on contemplation, dependence on God’s grace, and daily Gospel life. The setting places monastic spirituality alongside the routines and needs of an urban church community, while the seven-part structure gives the spiritual reflections a clear organizing framework.

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  • Readers interested in contemporary monasticism and Christian community life
  • Those seeking spiritual reflections connected to daily Gospel practice
  • Readers curious about the Nazareth Community and its London church setting

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Contemporary monasticismChristian communityContemplation and daily spiritual practiceService and shared life

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Book overview

In the midst of an established monastic life, Richard Carter answered a new call, leaving his life of 15 years in the Melanesian Brotherhood to answer a need in a busy church in the heart of London, Saint Martin-in-the-Fields. There Carter founded the Nazareth Community. Its diverse members--in Samuel Wells' words from the foreword, "a community of faith and forsaken, wondrous and woolly"--gather from everyday life to seek God in contemplation, to acknowledge their dependence on God's grace, and to learn to live openly and generously with all. With wit, wisdom, and generosity, Richard Carter tells the story of the Nazareth Community, and offers spiritual insight for daily Gospel life rooted in these seven spiritual pillars: Silence, Service, Scripture, Sacrament, Sharing, Sabbath Time and Staying.
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