Life Practice of Reflection and Action - Cohort

This extended project details efforts to establish the personal habit of practicing spiritual disciplines in order to facilitate Spiritual Formation.

Do you desire a greater intimacy with God? Do you wonder how you might truly live your life as God created you to live it? Spiritual disciplines are activities that open us to God's transforming love and the changes that only God can bring about in our lives. Picking up on the monastic tradition of creating a "rule of life" that allows for regular space for the practice of the spiritual disciplines.

Choosing a Cohort   

Choose a minimum of two YFC friends who are willing to follow the instructions below.

Each potential licensee must download and complete "Intention to Begin" form, then submit "Intention to Begin" form in your Blueprint account, using your Impact credentials to log in (instructions below, see #6).

Begin meeting with at least two other people and follow instructions below.

      OR

Choose a minimum of two other cohort members outside of YFC who are willing to follow the instructions below. 

Each potential licensee must download and complete "Intention to Begin" form, then submit "Intention to Begin" form in your Blueprint account, using your Impact credentials to log in (instructions below, see #6).

Project Instructions for Life Practice of Reflection and Action

1. All cohort members do not need to be reading the same book, but should choose one from the list below to read.
2. From your book of choice, select one discipline to practice three days a week for a month period. Continue over a three-month period so that at the end of three months you will have practiced three different spiritual disciplines. Recommendation: Practicing a discipline outside of your normal routine is most advantageous.
3. Journal your process by recording: date, discipline practiced, any insights from God.
4. Meet with your cohort once a month for three months for accountability and to share how you are experiencing God.
5. When cohort has completed three months of meeting and spiritual discipline practice, write a one page summary and include the following:
   • Dates of meeting times
   • Name of people in the cohort
   • Spiritual Disciplines you practiced
   • Write a paragraph about the impact the disciplines have made in your life. 
   • Write a paragraph about your future plan for implementation of disciplines in your daily life.

       6. Submit your summary via Blueprint

• Use your Impact credentials to log in.
• Select the Ministerial Licensing Track
• Select the Ministerial Licensing - Knowledge, Theology and Practical Interpretation of the Bible title and follow instructions
• You will be contacted upon approval via email.

Book Choices

Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation 2006 by Ruth Haley Barton
Invitations from God: Accepting God's Offer to Rest, Weep, Forgive, Wait, Remember and More - 2011 by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun 
Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life – 2014 Donald S. Whitney (Author), J. I. Packer (Foreword)
The Kingdom Life: A Practical Theology of Discipleship and Spiritual Formation 2016 by Dallas Willard