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Bringing Ethiopia Home: Prayer and Transformation Margaret Campbell From the mundane to the most extraordinary events, prayer is the bridge to a well-ordered life lived in cooperation with God. In this workshop we considered the ways that private and corporate prayer support our life with God and the role prayer plays in spiritual formation. Praying …

Blueprint for Formation: Bible Building Blocks Stan Harstine The Bible serves as the source of our knowledge about God and his plan for our lives. Understanding the role of the Bible in promoting growth is critical for sustained, lifelong transformation. Click here to hear Stan’s workshop!

Arts – Education – Government – Media: Transformation and Culture Matthew van Duyvenbode This workshop explored the transformation of our culture through four key “drivers.” Using practical examples from the work of the Bible Society in England and Wales, we mapped points of synergy, challenge and possibility. With a particular reference to the recent Vatican …

Art as Prayer that Heals Juanita Rasmus Art provides an incredible tool for tapping not only into the Power of the “Creative” but ultimately tapping into the Creator. In this workshop, we used simple art as a means for spiritual formation and transformation. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “What lies behind us and what lies before …

“Living in the Triangle: The Process of Transformation” James Bryan Smith Jim Smith, Director of the Aprentis Institute and professor at Friends University presented a message at the Formation in Christlikeness Conference on Friday, September 23 at Friends University. He shared a reliable pattern for transformation, touching on the importance of the Holy Spirit, adopting …

“The Ingredients of Transformation into Christlikeness: Vision/Intention/Means” Dallas Willard Dallas Willard, Professor of Philosophy at USC and author of several books in the field of Christian spiritual formation, opened the Formation in Christlikeness conference on Friday, September 23 at Friends University. He shared an idea called VIM: Vision, Intention and Means, breaking the process down …

Here is a great review of Jim’s book “The Good and Beautiful Community” by Reverend Robert T. Jennings. Jennings is minister of St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church in Harrods Creek, Kentucky. Some of our team members will be traveling to Kentucky soon to facilitate a conference at that church! The original article can …

This semester some of the students in the Aprentis program are taking a course called “Living as Apprentices of Jesus.” Here’s one student’s reflections on the course: This class, more than any other in the program so far, has challenged my notions of what it truly means to be an apprentice of Jesus. This course …

We were blessed to have Dallas Willard as our guest at the recent Formation in Christlikeness conference that we held. Dallas came in a day early and spoke at a dinner held the night before the conference started! Click here to listen to his talk!

Jim did 4 sessions on the topic of Becoming an Apprentice of Jesus: Making the Jesus Way My Way at the 2010 Renovare International Conference 2010 in San Antonio. His fourth talk was titled “Applying Apprentice: Implementing in Personal and Congregational Life” Click here to listen to it!