A Thirty-Year Experiment in Teaching Spiritual Formation: Twelve Lessons We Learned. Issue 2 (November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Labosier, Brian; Labosier, Jeremy
• Is Part Of: Journal of spiritual formation and soul care. Volume 11:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 125
• Page End: 140
• Publication Date: 2018-11
• Subjects: spiritual formation -- teaching graduate level -- creative approach; Spiritual formation -- Periodicals; Pastoral theology -- Periodicals; 248.405
• DOI: 10.1177/1939790918795634
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1939-7909

Abstract

Spiritual formation requires intentionality, especially at the programmatic level. This article explores insights gained from a novel experiment in theological education where spiritual formation played a central role in shaping all aspects of a seminary's structures and curriculum. Seminary of the East offered a unique glimpse into how an institution's vision for spiritual formation can determine all dynamics including campus infrastructure, enrollment goals, faculty rank, in order to better support spiritual formation. Practitioners and administrators can gain insights from the lessons learned by a small seminary's continually improving efforts at modeling and teaching spiritual formation.