Following the Ancient Paths: Mapping the Intersection of Christian Counseling and Spiritual Formation.

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Following the Ancient Paths: Mapping the Intersection of Christian Counseling and Spiritual Formation

Ever Feel a Little Lost?

Some Signs Are More Helpful Than Others

Some Sign Are More Helpful Than Others

Some Signs Are More Helpful Than Others

Some Sign Are More Helpful Than Others

Need Some Directions?

♥ How might the typical secular psychologist respond? ♥ How might the typical Christian counselor respond? ♥ How might the typical pastor respond? ♥ How might the typical spiritual director respond? ♥ How might the typical lay spiritual friend respond? Sharing/Growing as Spiritual Friends

Jesus ♥ How might Jesus respond? “Church History” ♥ How might “Church History” respond? We ♥ How might We respond? Mapping Our Spiritual Journey

Following the Ancient Paths “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for yours souls” (Jeremiah 6:16a).

♥ Pedersen: “Lack sufficient awareness” ♥ Oden: “Without the historic voices” ♥ Oates: “Start over from scratch” ♥ Peterson: “Abandoned historic call” ♥ Hiltner: “Lack identification with roots” ♥ Butman: “Exists in a historical vacuum” ♥ Clebsch/Jaekle: “Too readily adopted” Searching for Buried Treasure: The Forgotten Arts

♥ Chesterton: “Democracy of the dead” ♥ Lane: “Balance changing/changeless” ♥ Edwards: “Reclaim spiritual friendship” ♥ Oates: “Enter into durable fellowship” Finding Buried Treasure: Changeless Truth for Changing Times

♥ Clebsch/Jaekle: “Grand tradition” ♥ McNeil: “Edification/Correction” ♥ Didascalia Apostolorum: “SHRG” ♥ Oden: “Historical consensus” ♥ Lake: “Suffer/Sin, Deprivation/Depravity” ♥ Clebsch/Jaekle: “Classic spiritual care” ♥ Leech: “Standard definition” Investing Buried Treasure: Soul Care and Spiritual Direction

Our Treasure Map: Sustaining, Healing, Reconciling, and Guiding ♥ Sustaining: “Hurt” ♥ Healing: “Hope” ♥ Reconciling: “Horrible/Wonderful” ♥ Guiding: “Mature”

Soul Care: Sustaining ♥ Sufferology: “Evils We Have Suffered” ♥ Sustaining— “It’s Normal to Hurt” ♥ 2 Corinthians 1:3-9—Sense the Soul’s Earthly Earthly Story

Soul Care: Sustaining Compassionate Commiseration ♥ Empathy: Compassionate Commiseration SorrowEndurable ♥ Shared Sorrow Is Endurable Sorrow

Soul Care: Sustaining God’s ♥ Dual Listening: Listen to God’s Story While Friend’s You Listen to Your Friend’s Story. Climb in the Casket ♥ We Have to Climb in the Casket with Them.

Soul Care: Healing ♥ Healing— It’s Possible to Hope” Eternal ♥ 2 Corinthians 1:9-11: God’s Eternal Story StretchingGreat ♥ Stretching the Soul to Great Things. StinksShrinks ♥ When Life Stinks, Our Perspective Shrinks.

Soul Care: Healing ♥ Help Your Spiritual Friend Spiritual Look at Life with Spiritual Eyes ♥ Matthew 6:22-23 ♥ 2 Kings 6:15-17 ♥ Trialogue Empty ♥ “Celebrate the Empty Tomb!”

Sharing and Growing As Soul Care Givers ♥ Share: Sustaining? ♥ Share: Healing?

Sharing and Growing As Soul Care Givers How might each of the following offer sustaining and healing to Carl? ♥ Secular Psychologist? ♥ Christian Counselor? ♥ Pastor? ♥ Spiritual Director? ♥ Lay Spiritual Friend?

Sharing and Growing As Soul Care Givers ♥ How might Jesus sustain and heal Carl? ♥ How might you sustain and heal Carl? ♥ What Ideas? Illustrations? Suggestions? ♥ What questions do you have?

Spiritual Direction: Reconciling ♥ Sancticology: “The Sins We Have Committed.” ♥ Reconciling— “It’s Horrible to Sin.” Load ♥ Puritans: Load the Conscience Guilt with Guilt.

Spiritual Direction: Reconciling “Quadralog” ♥ Recognize the “Quadralog”: Matthew 4 Red-handed ♥ Catch Them Red-handed: Hebrews 3, 10. Conviction ♥ Leave the Conviction to God: 2 Timothy 2:24-26

Spiritual Direction: Reconciling ♥ “It’s Wonderful to Be Forgiven.” Lighten ♥ Puritans: Lighten the Grace Conscience with Grace. Dispensers ♥ Dispensers of Grace. Tastes ♥ Provide Tastes of Grace. Home Coming ♥ Pen Psalms of Home Coming: Psalm 32, 51

Spiritual Direction: Guiding ♥ Guiding—“ It’s Supernatural to Mature” Envisioning ♥ Envisioning Who They Are: Eph. 1-3; 2 Tim. 1:5-7 NurtureSons ♥ New Nurture: Reconciliation—Sons! NatureSaints ♥ New Nature: Regeneration—Saints!

Spiritual Direction: Guiding Universal ♥ Universal Identity Unique ♥ Unique Identity

Spiritual Direction: Guiding Empowering ♥ Empowering Them to Be All They Can Be: Ephesians 4:17-24; 2 Timothy 1:8-18 ♥ Putting Off ♥ Putting On

Spiritual Direction: Guiding Equipping ♥ Equipping Them to Do All They Can Do: Ephesians 4:11-16; 2 Timothy 2:1-10 StirGod ♥ Stir Up the Gift of God

Sharing and Growing As Spiritual Directors ♥ Share: Reconciling? ♥ Share: Guiding?

Sharing and Growing As Spiritual Directors How might each of the following offer reconciling and guiding to Carl? ♥ Secular Psychologist? ♥ Christian Counselor? ♥ Pastor? ♥ Spiritual Director? ♥ Lay Spiritual Friend?

Sharing and Growing As Spiritual Directors ♥ How might Jesus reconcile and guide Carl? ♥ How might you reconcile and guide Carl? ♥ What Ideas? Illustrations? Suggestions? ♥ What questions do you have?

Follow the Ancient Paths: Sustain, Heal, Reconcile, Guide