The Forming of a Group

During the last year, particularly following my first graduate class in Spiritual Formation, I began imagining a small group of diverse people meeting in my home. From the start I have envisioned a natural, open, and communal atmosphere to be the setting. I am speaking of a kitchen environment where food is shared, dialogue is rich, casual and authentic, and hearts are centered simply in a desire to grow in Christ.
I believe that God desires in this a deepening of responsiveness to Him in each life that joins us. I desire to see this simple meeting time to be a further blessing within the local assembly where most of us serve (OSBC).
I agree with M. Robert Mulholland when he says that "superficial pop spiritualities abound, promising heaven on earth but producing only failure and frustration for those genuinely hungering and thirsting after God." I know from personal experience over the last decade that much of Christian spirituality is at times understood as only having a "static possession" of right beliefs; where information transmission and acquisition so often appears to be the highest good of spiritual growth. However, Christian spirituality is an ever-growing, deep and relational journey toward wholeness in Christ. I am praying that the "Journey" group will discover more of Christ's fullness in our lives as we take this road together.