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A Spiritual Formation Workbook

Small Group Resources for Nurturing Christian Growth

by James Bryan Smith, Lynda L. Graybeal

This begin­ning work­book for Ren­o­varé Spir­i­tu­al For­ma­tion Groups fea­tures guide­lines for start­ing a group, study plans for the first nine ses­sions, and a ques­tion­naire that helps map the way ahead. Based upon six major dimen­sions of the spir­i­tu­al life found in the life of Christ and Chris­t­ian tra­di­tion: Con­tem­pla­tive: The Prayer-Filled Life; Holi­ness: The Vir­tu­ous Life ; Charis­mat­ic: The Spir­it-Empow­ered Life; Social Jus­tice: The Com­pas­sion­ate Life; Evan­gel­i­cal: The Word-Cen­tered Life; and Incar­na­tion­al: The Sacra­men­tal Life, this work­book pro­gram pro­vides all the nec­es­sary ingre­di­ents to start and main­tain a Spir­i­tu­al For­ma­tion Group.

2007

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In such small, intimate groups, people are finding themselves, finding each other, and finding God.
George H. Gallup, Jr.

About the Authors

James Bryan Smith

Jim is Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor in the Reli­gion and Human­i­ties Depart­ment at Friends Uni­ver­si­ty, and has writ­ten A Spir­i­tu­al For­ma­tion Work­book, and The Appren­tice Series (The Good and Beau­ti­ful Life, The Good and Beau­ti­ful God,The Good and Beau­ti­ful Com­mu­ni­ty). Jim and Meghan, his wife, live in Wichi­ta, Kansas.

Lynda L. Graybeal

Lyn­da L. Gray­beal, B.A., M.A., has worked with Richard J. Fos­ter, the founder of The Chrysos­tom Soci­ety, since 1983, has orga­nized and facil­i­tat­ed its meet­ings, and con­tin­ues to con­tribute time and ener­gy to its suc­cess. Her many inter­ests include work­ing part-time for Richard and Ren­o­varé, read­ing, gar­den­ing, vis­it­ing fam­i­ly and friends, and teach­ing bib­li­cal­ly-based stud­ies. She and her hus­band, Phil, live in Canyon, Texas.