Session 4b Incarnational Stream

Incarnational Tradition : 

Incarnational Tradition Theological Foundations, Spiritual Formation and Psychotherapy Session 4b

Incarnational Tradition : 

Incarnational Tradition

Consider the Implications: : 

Consider the Implications: Neuro-plasticity and Spiritual Formation

Focus of the stream : 

Focus of the stream Incarnation: “…the embodiment of a deity or spirit in some earthly form.” Webster

Jesus : 

Jesus “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God… …and the Word became flesh And dwelt among us.” John 1:1, 14 “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel” Isaiah 7:14

Leonardo da Vinci : 

Leonardo da Vinci (From http://www.adherents.com/people/pd/Leonardo_DaVinci.html)

John Milton : 

John Milton (From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton)

George Frideric Handel : 

George Frideric Handel 1685-1759, Composer (From http://www.messiahcd.com/Information/about_The_Messiah/about_the_messiah.html)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky : 

Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1821-1881, Russian author Major Works Notes from the Underground Crime and Punishment The Brothers Karamazov (From http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/dostoevskybio.html)

Slide 12: 

Renaissance Classical Movement Romantic Movement Professional Christian Societies

Slide 13: 

What is the Incarnational Tradition? Why should we explore it?

Slide 14: 

Invite God’s presence to become real Look for spirituality within our work View relationships as being fundamentally sacred Be open to establishing expressions of faith

Ritual and Liturgy : 

Ritual and Liturgy

Liturgy : 

Liturgy “Every service is a structure of acts and words through which we receive a sacrament, or repent or supplicate or adore. And it enables us to do these things best—if you like it, it ‘works’ best when, through long familiarity, we don’t have to think about it. Lewis, C.S. (2002). Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on prayer. Orlando, FL: Harvest Books C.S. Lewis …As long as you notice, and have to count the steps, you are not yet dancing, but only learning to dance. A good shoe is a shoe you don’t notice. Good reading becomes possible when you need not consciously think about the eyes, or light, or print, or spelling. The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of; our attention would have been on God” (p. 4)