Welcoming all to the Table is a priestly Basileian practice of reversing the scattering of the nations at the Tower of Babel to see them united in Christ. Basileians are Sentinels who, in our primary discipline of governing from the Table, integrate the practice of welcoming all to the Table with the practices of making consensus decisions as Friends of God and creating wealth, giving and tithing as Stewards. (Also see Govern from the Table, Sentinels.)
Wisdom
Wisdom, as the third dynamic of our charism related to our primary discipline of listening, calls us to listen. The kind of creative and imaginative wisdom we are called to exercise requires humility and boldness that can only be released through embracing mystery. But embracing mystery is not automatic and must be cultivated through story because story changes our feel for the world. Regardless of what we may affirm intellectually, to act on the basis of true wisdom requires that we are not in the grip of a feel for the world as a closed place, permanently subject to evil and lacking in sufficient resources. Such a feel for the world causes us to see others as competitors instead of as collaborators. That kind of feel for the world doesn’t free us to find truly just, chivalric solutions to the brokenness of the world. The use of statist power to force “justice” upon others is not chivalric and only breads further injustice. But true wisdom that flows from the joy of discovery and exploration that comes with embracing mystery frees us in the Council of the Lord to find kingdomcultural solutions.
Also see Convergence, Council of the Lord, Empowerment, Listen, Mystery, Passion, and Transformation.
Word
The Word is revealed through creation, in Scripture and by the Spirit. Each of these three modes of revelation fully reveal the Word, just in a different way than the other two. The embodiment of the Word as flesh in Jesus Christ in the Incarnation makes it possible for us to experience having the Word written on our hearts in the process of Theosis.
Also see Revelation, and Theosis.
Worshippers
Basileians are Worshippers who in the practice of engaging in Eucharistic worship, beginning on Sundays, are the first witnesses in and through the Liturgy of the Kingdom coming on earth as in heaven. This priestly lifestyle practice is related to our primary discipline of journeying to the Mountain with Christ.
Also see Contemplatives, Global Pilgrims, and Journey.