EXPERIMENTS IN TRUTH:
A laboratory for personal transformation.
REGISTER HERE
Tuesdays February 24-April 7
65 Dorland San Francisco 94110
Cost: $60-$100 sliding scale (scholarships available upon request)
Sponsored by ReIMAGINE!
The master invites us to rethink or reimagine our whole lives in light of the Maker’s dream of greater wholeness for our world. This workshop explores the physicality of spiritual formation. If I change what I do in my mind and body or emotions, how will it effect my capacity to flow with the creators energy & love? (what I eat? how I spend my time? The media I consume? How I use my money? Who I spend my time with?) This practical workshops seeks to deal with the disparity we often feel between how we want to live and how we actually live. Jesus spent 40 days in the wilderness fasting and facing his greatest shadows and temptations. Participants in this workshop will engage in practices aimed at confronting our own shadows and obstacles to the spiritual life through “experiments in truth.”
Our goal for this workshop is that you will have:
• a transformative experience applying disciplines of abstinence and engagement to your personal growth issues through a 40 day experiment.
• a greater understanding of the holistic nature and physicality of spiritual formation. (Spiritual development as holistic life development)
• a comprehensive personal growth plan and rule of life that helps you maintain momentum & consistency
• an identified mentor who will meet with you at least six times a year to help you work through your growth plan
• a practical understanding and experience of group discernment that helps you listen to your life, hear the voice of the Spirit and receive the wisdom and insight of friends to help you have greater clarity about your decisions.
COURSE SCHEDULE:
February 24 Introduction to spiritual formation and “experiments in truth” including how Jesus modeled and taught acetic practices and watchfulness.
EXERCISE: Develop and commit to a 40-day “experiment in truth” that addresses 3 key life growth areas with abstinence and engagement.
(February 26) Begin 40 day experiment
March 3: Discernment and listening as individual and communal practices.
EXERCISE: Send feedback inventory to 5 trusted friends/ elders.
March 10: Developing your personal growth plan—setting goals for growth in various life dimensions.
EXERCISE: Work through outline for your personal growth plan.
(March 17) (No meeting—St. Patrick’s Day)
March 24: How to identify and utilize the power of having a spiritual mentor.
EXERCISE: Make initial contact with a potential spiritual mentor or peer mentor.
March 31: Developing your personal rule of life—yearly rhythms, commitments and practices to sustain your spiritual formation.
EXERCISE: Develop a personal rule of life in conjunction with your growth plan.
April 7: Processing the benefits and insights gained through your 40-day “experiments in truth.” (potluck dinner/celebration)
