COWL |

Choosing
Other
Ways to
Live

An emergent strategy for living well together


COWL invites young adults to explore reconciled communal futures by connecting them to the wisdom of monastic and intentional Christian communities.

We are inheriting an increasingly polarized and unsustainable world and must develop alternative ways of living .

Monastic and intentional Christian communities hold key wisdom about developing sustainable alternative ways of living .

COWL exists to bridge these realities by:

We are equipping a new generation to
discover reconciled ways of living,
discern what they are being called toward & to
develop flourishing futures.

Discern.

COWL creates spacious environments for people to listen — to themselves, to one another, to tradition, to the world around them, and, for those who are seeking God, to the movement of the Spirit.

Drawing on Quaker practices of communal discernment and monastic practices of shared reflection, we gather together to question, share, listen, wonder and access deeper levels of Being.

Discover.

COWL creates opportunities to encounter other ways of living.

Through conversations, retreats and visits with monastic and intentional Christian communities, we invite young adults to discover forms of life they may never have encountered before.

Develop.

COWL provides frameworks and opportunities for young adults to develop the capacities needed to live more intentionally and relationally.

Through the 4 Rs of Reconciled Living and the 12 Habits of Reconcilers, we explore how inner formation and outward ways of living belong together.