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The Journey Invitation to a Journey ~ A Road Map to Spiritual Formation M. Robert Mulholland & Ruth Haley Barton plus Notes and writings on Spiritual Formation from the Institute for Spiritual Formation, Biola University Part Four:   Companions on the Way Lesson 2—Corporate Spirituality 1.   Opening Prayer 2.   Corporate Spirituality—What is it? ·       Our spiritual pilgrimage together in the Church. ·       I Corinthians 12: 14-26 ·       The Body of Christ—an inter-dependent system ·       What happens when one part of a system malfunctions?   Dominoes? ·       If the eye can’t see, what happens? 3.   Gifts and Personality Types—the Hard Wiring ·       Our gifts and callings are from God to accomplish His will in and through us in the context of the Body. ·       “It takes a village”…   didn’t start with Hillary 4.   God created us for relationship--- that’s His Image (Trinity) ·       Where does our relationship start? ·   

The Journey Invitation to a Journey ~ A Road Map to Spiritual Formation M. Robert Mulholland & Ruth Haley Barton plus Notes and writings on Spiritual Formation from the Institute for Spiritual Formation, Biola University Part Four:  Companions on the Way Lesson 1—Intro to Part 4 1.  Opening Prayer 2.  Spiritual Formation—What is it? ·       Christian Spiritual Formation—everybody is being spiritually formed all the time.  We want to be in a position to be formed by Christ. ·       Mulholland’s definition:  “The process of being formed in the image of Christ for the sake of others. “ 3.  Two Faces of Christianity ·       Spirituality as a Static Possession ·       Information and techniques to achieve spiritual fulfillment ·       We are in control of our relationship with God ·       Spirituality as a Dynamic Growing toward wholeness in the image of Christ ·       Increasing faithful response to God ·       Holistic spi

The Journey Invitation to a Journey ~ A Road Map to Spiritual Formation M. Robert Mulholland & Ruth Haley Barton plus Notes and writings on Spiritual Formation from the Institute for Spiritual Formation, Biola University Lesson 15—Chapter 8: The Classical Christian Pilgrimage Opening Prayer—Mulholland p. 93 Developmental Spirituality Chart 1.   Awakening ·       Can be gradual or sudden ·       Two emotions can collide: o    Comfort—God is here, all is well, I am loved o    Threat—A good look at who I really am compared to God ·       Some people delay the awakening—hitting the spiritual snooze button ·       Don’t want to face the decision until life becomes so intense they can no longer ignore it 2.   The Spiritual Trial of Purgation/Desolation ·       God has given us the Lament Psalms to help pour our hearts out during these seasons of our lives ·       Psalm 22; 42; 13; 77; 88 ·       Purgation is the beginning of Serious Sa