Spiritual Formation 5 continues the restoration process in which we are formed into the image of God through Jesus Christ. It’s the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives that initiates, designs and implements this process. Our part is to be open and willing to actively participate in that reforming. Spiritual Formation units are year long in their duration involving practical and academic activities that cause us to awaken to God’s maturing action within us.
In the previous unit, the emphasis in the curriculum was looking at self in relationship with God: the role of grace, true and false images of God and the role of the Holy Spirit. SF5 directs attention to self with others. It is an exploration of the relational dynamics in Spiritual Formation.
The most important Kingdom resource is a community of people who are fully alive and freely aligned. God’s Spirit draws us together and aligns us in a wonderfully creative team effort with increasing cycles of productivity and joy. It is as we follow Jesus with others that we most effectively participate in God’s Kingdom here on earth as it is in heaven. This unit explores how spiritual formation takes place over time, with others, in the context of disciplines and practices that open us to God. A privatised approach to transformation that fails to see other people as necessary instruments of God’s grace will limit the work of transformation in our lives.
Learn more about Spiritual Formation units at ACOM