SPIRITUAL FORMATION PARADIGMS
There are two main thoughts on transformation; unintentional vs intentional. Here is our working paradigm for how the world plays an influential role in your life, whether you are aware of it or not.
Unintentional vs Intentional Spiritual Formation
The Way of the World is forming you, whether intentionally or unintentionally. The Way of Jesus requires following Christ into a life of "counter-formation" into the Way of The Kingdom over The Way of the World. "On earth as it is in heaven." His realm invading ours.
Unintentional vs Intentional Spiritual Formation
The Way of the World is forming you, whether intentionally or unintentionally. The Way of Jesus requires following Christ into a life of "counter-formation" into the Way of The Kingdom over The Way of the World. "On earth as it is in heaven." His realm invading ours.
THE WHY?
Discipleship in the Modern Church Is Failing
Sunday isn’t enough—we need to arrange the entirety of our lives around following Jesus to experience transformation.
THE WHAT?
A Pathway.
Practicing the Way is a Pathway to Becoming Like Jesus in Community.
A simple, beautiful way to integrate spiritual formation into the life of a disciple.
THE HOW?
Information alone is not enough to produce formation.
We need to practice Jesus’ teachings, to get his ideas from our minds into the muscle memory of our bodies. We do this by adopting practices from Jesus’ own life, time-tested disciplines for the spiritual life that open up our entire being to God and allow him to transform us into people of love.
Discipleship in the Modern Church Is Failing
Sunday isn’t enough—we need to arrange the entirety of our lives around following Jesus to experience transformation.
THE WHAT?
A Pathway.
Practicing the Way is a Pathway to Becoming Like Jesus in Community.
A simple, beautiful way to integrate spiritual formation into the life of a disciple.
THE HOW?
Information alone is not enough to produce formation.
We need to practice Jesus’ teachings, to get his ideas from our minds into the muscle memory of our bodies. We do this by adopting practices from Jesus’ own life, time-tested disciplines for the spiritual life that open up our entire being to God and allow him to transform us into people of love.
Our nine core practices work together to form a Rule of Life for the modern era.
SABBATH. A day set aside for rest and worship, including church on Sundays.
SIMPLICITY. Structuring your life in such a way that it becomes more freeing.
SILENCE & SOLITUDE. A moment of intentional time in the quiet to be alone with God.
FASTING. A willing abstinence from food for a period of time. We want to practice being emptied so that we may be filled with the Spirit, just like Jesus was, to do what he did.
PRAYER. Central to life with God, woven into the fabric of our routines.
SCRIPTURE. Continually committing to studying the word of God.
COMMUNITY. Partners for the journey, to share life and the Lord's supper.
GENEROSITY. The key to living a happy, content, free life.
HOSPITALITY. Expressing the welcome of God the Father to all through tangible acts of love, ideally through giving food, shelter, and relationship.
SIMPLICITY. Structuring your life in such a way that it becomes more freeing.
SILENCE & SOLITUDE. A moment of intentional time in the quiet to be alone with God.
FASTING. A willing abstinence from food for a period of time. We want to practice being emptied so that we may be filled with the Spirit, just like Jesus was, to do what he did.
PRAYER. Central to life with God, woven into the fabric of our routines.
SCRIPTURE. Continually committing to studying the word of God.
COMMUNITY. Partners for the journey, to share life and the Lord's supper.
GENEROSITY. The key to living a happy, content, free life.
HOSPITALITY. Expressing the welcome of God the Father to all through tangible acts of love, ideally through giving food, shelter, and relationship.