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Deeper Journey

Posted by tom | Mar 23, 2006

Yesterday, I participated in a seminar on the deeper journey led by a vetran IVCF staff. She defined spiritual formation as the process of being conformed to the image of Christ for the sake of others to the glory of God. With regard to encouraging growth in the lives of those we work, with she suggested the metaphor of a 3-legged stool comprised of the habits of faithfulness (i.e., spiritual disciplines), intentional relationships (i.e., several mentors with encourage and direct personal and professional growth), life events responsibly chosen as formative. So how do we discern what God is saying to us individually and collectively about our own deeper journey?

We took some time to pray through and reflect upon the last 24 hours of our life. Through this time various threads of God's work and counter influences to His work emerged. For me, this year's graduate and faculty ministry staff team meetings have been a great blessing and affirmation. As I reflected upon the privilege of living one more day in the Presence of God to glory of God, I rejoiced in the opportunity

-to connect with the People of God in the shared mission of being Christ among graduate students and faculty
-to keep on walking through the complexities of university ministry
-to pick-up a number of book resources at great discount to provide deeper long term insights into vexing questions, in particular I found several resources to assist with InterFaith dialogue regarding Jesus as the Son of God
-to share campus experiences and to pray for one-another in the work of God
-to commit our family to participate in the upcoming faculty camp, In Thy Light We See Light: Theological Acuity and Academic Vocation at Cedar Campus
-to connect by cell phone with a friend from Geneva's Higher Education Program, gotta love technology (cell phones, wireless on this laptop to connect with you)
-to discuss with other staff the further development of the Emerging Scholars Network and its relationship to our new partnership with the Council of Christian Colleges & Universities

Please pray for Theresa as she and Eden were sick yesterday. Thankfully Ellen rose to the Mommy role and my sister Amanda will be taking the time to cross the state to help out for a day -- thank-you! Gotta go to breakfast as there is much conversation today as we wrap up our national conference and transition into a more specific consideration of work in the Mid-Atlantic.

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