The constraints of the spiritual life, practiced in community, are what set us free and shape us into the way of Christ. Re-anchoring spiritual practices within monasticism, religious orders and the early church fathers are some of the core practices from Jared Boyd, who sees that these ways form in us greater freedom to become people who love as God loves.

Boyd is Founding Director of the Order of the Common Life and author of "Finding Freedom in Constraint: Reimagining Spiritual Disciplines as a Communal Way of Life," now available wherever books are sold.

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