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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 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

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 14—Part 3:   The Journey Opening Prayer 1.   Developmental Christianity ·       Just as people develop physically and mentally in predictable patterns, so they also develop spiritually. 2.   Four Classical Stages ·       Awakening ·       Purgation ·       Illumination ·       Union 3.   Spiritual Seasons—Cycles of Growth ·       Spring ·       Summer ·       Autumn ·       Winter 4.   Spiritual Ages—I John, specifically 2: 12-14 ·       Little Children ·       Young Men ·       Fathers 5.   Macro and Micro Development within the stages ·       Macro:   the overall, lifelong process of coming to know God ·       Micro: the incremental process of development in specific areas of growth o  

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 13-- Chapter 7:   Holistic Spirituality Opening Prayer—Mulholland, p. 76 1.   Natural spiritual path   We all naturally follow a spiritual path based on our creation gifts. How do you prefer to worship? How do you best relate to God? 2.   The Center for Applications of Personality Type – 2 tables Table 1 spells out our natural path based on our creation gifts, then identifies the area needed for wholeness. Table 2 illustrates the need for balanced spirituality.   It also points out the difference between the positive and negative expressions of each type, under and over expression. Remember though, that it is not the case that psychological imbalance can be solved simply by nurturing the opposite side of the pair.