Leader's Guide for Exploring the Way: Introduction to the Spiritiual Journey

By Stephen D. Bryant and Marjorie J. Thompson

Churches and groups around the country have asked for a short, flexible introductory Companions in Christ resource. Here it is! This six-week study, Exploring the Way, provides an orientation to the Christian spiritual life. Use it with members and those seeking spiritual growth. This resource will encourage participation in your church's spiritual-formation groups. This Leader's Guide provides all the tools needed for leading groups on this transforming six-week journey: Detailed explanation of spiritual formation, A complete list of materials needed for each weekly meeting, Weekly outlines with full content for brief opening worship, sharing of insights, information, about each practice, time to experience that practice together, and closing worship, The Companions in Christ Leader's Guides are the most complete and user-friendly guides available. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0835898075
• ISBN13: 9780835898072
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Upper Room Books
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.3" x 9.3"

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This book will help you understand and deepen your experience of God. You'll be able to ask the questions of issues and faith in a safe place. You'll discover (or rediscover) a way of grace, joy, and peace--indeed, the way of Christ himself. Ideal for the novice and veteran alike, this book defines and explains the most basic concepts and language of the Christian spiritual life: prayer, the Bible's message for our lives today, spiritual gifts, listening, journaling, and much more. It's the ultimate six-week orientation to spirituality and the essential elements of faith. Stories, scripture, and exercises in each chapter will help connect your beliefs with daily experiences. Through independent and group study, you'll establish a rhythm of daily time with God, weekly time in Christian community, and a lifelong attentiveness to possibilities for serving the world. "To become a spiritual adventurer means learning to listen for the voice of God," writes the author. "This listening involves a certain level of risk and vulnerability that does not come easily. ...[But] we cannot fully rest until we find our way back to the place of our soul's origin, back to the love that gave us life."