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 11—Part II—The Vehicle: Personality and Piety Spiritual Formation and Psychology go hand in hand, neither replacing the other, but both acting as means of grace to form us in the image of Christ for the sake of others. Chapter 5: Creation Gifts Opening Prayer 1. We are all One Body in Christ I Corinthians 12:12-14 Unique and Corporate Individuals in a Caravan What is Interdependence ? The holistic spirituality of the individual is essential for the the spiritual health of the community and vice versa. Cells in a physical body 2. Carl Jung and his model of Human Behavior Double Knowledge of God and Self—John Calvin, Teresa of Avila Necessary to truly be formed in the image of Ch
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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 Lesson 10— Practice of Examen Examen, from Robert Mulholland, Chapter 4 Year End Examen from Dr. Catherine Hart Weber Flourish in Life And Relationships Hart Institute During the Christmas and New Year season, I really enjoy the natural opportunities to soften our hearts, reflecting on 'God coming to us'. I invite you to consider the benefits of doing an 'Examen' on the past year, your life currently and the upcoming year. What am I most grateful for during the past year? - Go back over your 'gratitude' journal, adding what you are currently grateful for, especially as you reflect over the past year. How has the last year been? What were some of the challenges? - Go bac
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 9—For the Sake of Others Opening Prayer Gracious God, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, deliver me, I pray, from the easy habit of thinking that my spirituality is something between you and me alone. It is so difficult to accept the idea that my spiritual wholeness cannot be attained outside of my life with others. Help me to open my heart and spirit to what you want to say to me in this chapter. Help me to commit my relationships to you, that they may become channels of your grace in my life and that I may become a channel of your grace for others. Robert Mulholland Thoughts from last time? Any lingering thoughts from last time? What did the Lord show you about what’s hiding in your heart? D
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 8—The Image of Christ—The Hidden Heart Opening Prayer Thoughts from last time? Any lingering thoughts from last time? What did you discover about yourself when you compared the New with the Old Self? Did you take time for Prayer #4? Did He let you in on what He was doing? [Adapted from Why We Sin When We Know So Much: Healing the Hidden Heart by the Spirit [Musings on Calvin’s View of the Double Knowledge Dr. John H. Coe Director, Institute for Spiritual Formation, Talbot School of Theology © Copyright 2006 John H. Coe. All rights reserved.] “Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves." John Calvin &q