Reading and Reflection Guide Volume C, 2019–2020 f

1 EDUCATION FOR MINISTRY. Reading and Reflection Guide f Volume C, 2019 2020. Living as Spiritually Mature Christians This document is made available to active mentors and participants in the Education for Ministry program for planning and beginning the 2019-2020 year and may not be shared outside the program. All rights reserved. Please be responsible with resources. Print only what is necessary. EDUCATION FOR MINISTRY. Reading and Reflection Guide f Volume C, 2019 2020. Living as Spiritually Mature Christians Copyright 2019 by The University of the South, 735 Tennessee Avenue, Sewanee, TN 37383.

2 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher. Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from New Revised Standard Ver- sion Bible, copyright 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Used by permission: A Form of Worship for Groups or Families from The Book of Alternative Services of the Anglican Church of Canada.

3 1985 by the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada. On Being Theologically Literate from Modern Believing 38 1997 by Liverpool University Press. God as Trinity: An Approach through Prayer from We Believe in God by Stephen Sykes. 2006 by The Archbishop's Council and reproduced by permission of Church House Publishing copyright Kaleidoscope Institute materials reprinted under license #2019 OZEFM. Church Publishing 19 East 34th Street New York, NY 10016. Cover design by Laurie Klein Westhafer Typeset by Beth Oberholtzer A record of this book is available from the Library of Congress.

4 ISBN-13: 978-1-64065-198-2(pbk.). ISBN-13: 978-1-64065-199-9 (ebook). Printed in the United States of America Contents ix Acknowledgments x About the Authors xi Overview of the Year: Reading Assignments for Volume C. xv About Online Resources PART I: THE Guide . 2 Week One: Orientation and Organization Unit One: Spiritual Autobiography and Listening 20 Week Two: Spiritual Maturity 31 Week Three 37 Week Four 40 Week Five 43 Week Six 47 Week Seven Unit Two: Theological Reflection as a Life Skill 52 Week Eight: Seeking Meaning 62 Week Nine 65 Week Ten 69 Week Eleven 72 Week Twelve 76 Week Thirteen First Interlude Unit: The Practice of Christian Spirituality 80 Week Fourteen 83 Week Fifteen Unit Three: Developing a Sustaining Spirituality 86 Week Sixteen.

5 Prayer and Worship 96 Week Seventeen 100 Week Eighteen 103 Week Nineteen 106 Week Twenty 110 Week Twenty-one Reading AND Reflection Guide , Volume C | v Contents Unit Four: Integrating Belief, Behavior, and Doctrine 114 Week Twenty-two: Toward Wholeness in Knowing God 125 Week Twenty-three 128 Week Twenty-four 133 Week Twenty-five 136 Week Twenty-six 139 Week Twenty-seven Second Interlude: Christ-centered Community 144 Week Twenty-eight 147 Week Twenty-nine Unit Five: Vocation 150 Week Thirty: A Mature Theology of Vocation 157 Week Thirty-one 160 Week Thirty-two 163 Week Thirty-three 166 Week Thirty-four 168 Week Thirty-five 171 Week Thirty-six: Closing the Year PART II RESOURCES.

6 Supplemental Readings in the Christian Tradition 180 Week Three, Reading Assignment for Year Four On Being Theologically Literate 189 Week Five, Reading Assignment for Year One The Priestly Creation Story 207 Week Thirteen, Reading Assignment for Year Four God as Trinity 219 Week Twenty, Reading Assignment for Year One Micah Resources for Listening and Spiritual Autobiography 224 Spiritual Autobiographies: Some Guidelines 226 Listening Skills 230 The Art of Framing Questions vi | Reading AND Reflection Guide , Volume C.

7 Contents Resources for Reflecting Theologically 234 Primary Aspects of Theological Reflection 236 Theological Reflection in EfM. 237 The Basic Structure of EfM Theological Reflection in Four Movements 238 Theological Reflection Process Chart 239 Four Phases of Movement in Theological Reflection 240 Framework for Theological Reflections 244 Theological Reflection in a Group 247 Theological Reflection in Motion Examples of Theological Reflection The Action Source 252 Theological Reflection Beginning with a Personal Experience 260 Theological Reflection Beginning with a Dilemma 265 Theological Reflection Beginning with a Wide-angle Lens The

8 Tradition Source 268 Theological Reflection Beginning with the Christian Tradition (Scripture). 273 Theological Reflection Beginning with the Christian Tradition 274 Theological Reflection Beginning with a Wide-angle Lens 277 Theological Reflection Beginning with a Mind Map 279 Theological Reflection Beginning with a Provocative Word The Culture Source 280 Theological Reflection Beginning with a Social Concern 285 Theological Reflection Beginning with the Culture Source 286 Theological Reflection Beginning with a Wide-angle Lens 289 Theological Reflection Beginning with a Provocative Word 290 Theological

9 Reflection Beginning with a Movie, Video, or Television Episode The Position Source 292 Theological Reflection Beginning with a Personal Position 296 Theological Reflection Beginning with Multiple Personal Positions Reading AND Reflection Guide , Volume C | vii Contents Resources for Community Life 300 Group Life: The Seminar 303 Issues in the Life of a Seminar Group 307 Activities that Nurture Group Life 308 The Feeling Wheel Tools from the Kaleidoscope Institute 309 The Cycle of Gospel Living 311 Mutual Invitation 312 Respectful Communications Guidelines viii | Reading AND Reflection Guide , Volume C.

10 Acknowledgments A revision by definition is not sui generis. Although this series of Reading and Reflection Guides may look different from previous editions of EfM materials, although it may be organized differently, it is nonetheless built on a frame- work that has evolved over more than forty years of Education for Ministry. Those who have some years of acquaintance with the program will recognize what the new format owes to components developed for its predecessors, among them parallel guides, common lessons, and the many variations of EfM's central discipline of theological Reflection .