Urban Leadership Foundation

Incarnational Spirituality

SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES FOR INCARNATIONAL WORKERS

Incarnational Models (ppt)

The Lifestyle and Values of Servants (POWER POINT)
Why a Third Order?
(optional) Care for Slum Workers (ppt)
(Optional) Reasons for Non-Incarnation (ppt)

Related Readings

Grigg, V. (2005) Pilgrimage Among the Poor Cry of the Urban Poor. GA, USA: Authentic Media.

Bessenecker, S. (2006). The Voluntary Poverty of God The New Friars: The Emerging Movement Serving the World's Poor. Downers Grove, IL, IVP.

Grigg, Viv. 2006. To Have or Not to Have Companion to the Poor. Authentic.

Grigg, Viv. 1980. The Lifestyle and Values of Servants Urban Leadership Foundation

Learning Objectives

1. Skill: Observe the nature of a yearly renewable set of lifestyle, value and ministry commitments.
2. Skill: Develop a framework for evaluating spirituality in relationship to wealth, poverty and simplicity.
3. Skill: Identify the qualities of a spiritual director.

Action & Assignments

1. Rewrite with your wife or team members your own Lifestyle and Values. Pass in in two weeks.

2. Growth group. How does following Jesus affect our economics? Report

3. Continue examen exercises

Conversations

1. What are the critical elemetns of a Lifestyle and Values docuement? Can this be done apart from a statement of your gaols and vision?

2. How do you build patterns of accoountabiltiy for areas of simplicty, identification with teh poor, sacrifice into your lifelong spiritual journey?