Today Pastor Tom begins a 10 week sermon series entitled, “Living Resistance: Resisting Empire as a Way of Life.” He begins with an introduction of the practice of each person developing a “rule of life,” in the spirit of monastic rules such as St. Benedict’s. How can we resist the empire in the everyday habits we practice and virtues we cultivate? If we can develop such habits we will be like trees planted by the water (Psalm 1).