{"id":415,"date":"2011-03-07T17:22:34","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T23:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/leb09b\/?p=415"},"modified":"2012-04-03T16:51:42","modified_gmt":"2012-04-03T21:51:42","slug":"spiritual-autobiography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/leb09b\/2011\/03\/spiritual-autobiography\/","title":{"rendered":"spiritual autobiography"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you click on the picture below, you will be able to access my spiritual autobiography, which I wrote for Dr. Wray’s spiritual formation class. As the document is 19 pages long, I will forgo the typical practice of posting the text here as well.<\/p>\n

This spiritual autobiography is intended to demonstrate MDiv outcomes 8abcd, 9ab, and 10ab<\/strong>,<\/span> which deal largely with spiritual formation, ministerial identity, and discipleship.<\/p>\n

While writing the autobiography required a large investment of time, it was a particularly enjoyable and worthwhile investment. It was a blessing to be allowed (even assigned!) to spend time in reflection on how God has moved in and around me throughout my lifetime, and I savored every moment of the writing process.<\/p>\n

As you read my story, you will see how I have discerned my own spiritual formation, how I have wrestled with and finally embraced my identity as a minister, how I have welcomed opportunities for growth and further formation (both individually and as part of faith communities).<\/p>\n

In the few months since writing this autobiography, I have continued to reflect on my formation throughout life, recognizing both ways in which I have grown and ways in which I need to continue to grow. For example (though this could take up a whole post of its own), I have come to the realization that I am a codependent person who was raised in a family full of codependent people. As you can imagine, there is a lot of damage there that must be undone for me to have a healthy understanding of life. And I have been purposefully trying to address that issue by practicing assertiveness and healthy conflict with family and friends, among other things.<\/p>\n

But perhaps all that is leading us too far astray from the topic at hand. So, for now I’ll just leave you with the pages of my spiritual autobiography…<\/p>\n

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Spiritual Autobiography<\/p><\/div>\n

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If you click on the picture below, you will be able to access my spiritual autobiography, which I wrote for Dr. Wray’s spiritual formation class. As the document is 19 pages long, I will forgo the typical practice of posting the text here as well. This spiritual autobiography is intended to demonstrate MDiv outcomes 8abcd, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2689,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1390,1391,1181,1062],"tags":[3118],"class_list":["post-415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-08-spiritual-disciplines","category-09-character","category-10-identity","category-outcomes","tag-2012-middler-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/leb09b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/leb09b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/leb09b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/leb09b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2689"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/leb09b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/leb09b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":528,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/leb09b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415\/revisions\/528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/leb09b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/leb09b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/leb09b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}