Related Readings

• Grigg, Viv, ( 2004) To Have or Not to Have Companion to the Poor. Authentic

Learning Objectives

1.Understanding: Understand a diversity of strands of Christian spirituality.
2. Understanding: Understand the relationship of the three main traditions of spiritual growth to urban poor ministry.
3. Skill: Evaluate the effectiveness of your spiritual disciplines in enabling them to cope with the pressures of urban life.
4. Character: Understand the effect of stress on spirituality and family by identifying three major stressors and determining changes of lifestyle or spiritual practices to cope with them.

1. Begin exploring the examin exercises.

2. Skip the growth group during this week and start again after the retreat.

3. Keep going with journal, and notes on indigenous and urban poor spirituality.

4. Complete the draft of your 2 year spiritual develoment plan.

Conversations

1. What s the point of these examin exercises? How do we get to the deep crevices of sin in our life? How do we deal with them wihout going crazy? Is spiritual intensity good or bad in for us?

2. How do the 12 steps represent classical spirituality? How would ehy work for non-addicts?

3. What are your commitents to simplicty? How do you frame them? who will hold you accountable for them?