Significance of Working Collaboratively for Spiritual Formation, Justice, and Peace

 There is no doubt about how Christian spiritual formation leads individuals or communities toward a deeper desire for justice and peace for all God's creations. Contributing to a more just Church and society is all about realizing, following, and adopting one fact that all people are created equal in the image of God. It is all about working together, helping, caring, and respecting others while developing spiritual formation for justice, peace making, and peace building.

 

Recently, terms like' spiritual direction, 'discipleship', and 'spiritual formation, can be read and heard very often. These terms are used in conversation very frequently and every now and then. But do we actually understand the exact meaning of those terms? And are we actually practicing any of those for real? Let us understand more about this.

 

Spiritual direction refers to a relationship between the people seeking a more Christ-like life. And it is a relationship between one person and another who serves as a listening companion to the journey of growing deeper in their relationship with God. When the focus is on maturing one's faith in the context of the particular briefs and values of a faith community, it is discipleship. Spiritually mature mentors and leaders in a faith community are disciples. At the same time, spiritual formation focuses on the deepening of one's relationship with God, which is at the center for spiritual formation.

 

The need of the hour is to come together, work together, step ahead together for peacemaking and all the terms that we have discussed. This can be done by following Jesus and justice conference. The Center for Formation, Justice, and Peace supports those who want to start working in this direction. If you are willing to know more about it, you can join their email community as well.

 

For more information, visit - Centerfjp.org

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