同可同因祂同

同非同,非常同。

茶煲不同,煲湯相同。

宗派相同,教會不同。

神學不同,信仰相同。

同可同,因祂同。

An opportunity to reconcile under His grace乎?

Every child matters

Every child matters, including all indigenous and immigrant children from Africa, Asia, Europe, N/S America, and Australia. In human history, most childhood mortalities were due to diseases, abuses, and wars, and the rate has been declining since the year 1900.

My grandmother gave birth to twelve children, and she told me that only six of them survive to adulthood, lost one during the war, and the rest passed away due to diseases before reaching adulthood. In the old days, I guess there were no official burial ceremonies and graves for children. Each child’s memorial monument was buried in my grandmother’s heart. She used to repeatedly count and tell me the story of every child she had given birth to. Then she commented, “Nowadays people are so fortunate that most babies and children were able to survive and live to adulthood.”

When I was in primary school, I heard stories about English children worked as chimney sweepers and coal miners as they were physically slim and small enough for the jobs. Probably many died from the working conditions.

When I was in secondary school, I heard stories about the Second World War: The Holocaust and The Nanjing Massacre, involving many named and unnamed victimized children. When I was attending a Christian boarding school, I met two Metis/Indigenous classmates. The two girls stayed very close together most of the time. They were quiet, and somehow there was a rumor that they were daughters of a native chief or some tribe’s leaders. Thank God that the teachers and house mistresses at the school were nice and kind.

When I was in college, I heard about genocide stories happening around the world, and local stories about indigenous residential schools. I started contemplating the topic of colonialism by comparing colonialism in the east and in N/C/S America. Colonializations in the east were places like Hong Kong (1841-1997), Singapore (1819-1963), India (1858-1947)…etc. The colonializations in N/C/S America were places like Canada, US. Mexico, Brazil, Argentina…etc. The British colonialization in the east was more-or-less being able to live out the concept of “commonwealth” by establishing education, economy, science and technology, medicine, and Christianity from various denominations focusing on Jesus, while allowing the original people to reserve local languages and cultures. However, the consequences of colonializations in N/C/S America seem drastically different from the east. Nowadays, many Canadian universities offer Indigenous studies; hopefully, indigenous people can move along together with all nations. Further investigations have not been finalized, and social comments about the matter were deduced by presumptions. May God bless all who are living out what stated in  Matthew 5:39, Luke 6:27-31.

In general, manmade culture in every nation is incomplete in various ways, we really need to deeply reflect, based on His Kingdom culture, to repent and reconcile.

Both quick notes and long books serve well - the DNA "The Fourfold Gospel" and required nutrients

Rev. A.B. Simpson wrote very good quick notes or a summary for the Gospel: “The Fourfold Gospel” (Christ our Saviour, Christ our Sanctifier, Christ our Healer, Christ our Coming King) for C&MA, but one needs to read further from other denominations’ references to appreciate and to live in/out the notes, especially on the practice of spiritual exercises of how to become deepening. The DNA is good, but nutrients are needed for organisms to develop, survive and reproduce for carrying out functions. On the other hand, if other denominations would like to have a summary about Christ, one can refer to the Rev. Simpson’s “The Fourfold Gospel”.

Gospel - The good news of Jesus

Homework from a teacher: What is this good news of Jesus that we want to share with our friends and family? Can you summarize it in a few sentences?

The good news of Jesus is about constantly reorienting ourselves and people towards our Trinity God: Jesus Christ loves us with His abundant grace and mercy, so we can sincerely converse with Jesus on anything by humbly opening our hearts for personal cleansing, healing, transforming, and let Him guide us at all time as His beloved children of becoming Godly stewards on earth until He takes us home. Only Jesus can redeem and set us free from our sins and brokenness so that we all together can live in a reconciled relationship with our Heavenly Father at peace, with the Holy Spirit dwelling in us for knowing God and living out His Word; therefore, we pray that everyone believes and follows Christ the saviour!

The Hope of a rather safe Church

There is hope for a rather safe church; however, a totally safe church won’t be here until we meet Jesus face-to-face. The concept of a safe church belongs to the category of “already but not yet and is coming”.

Usually, a person gossips (sometimes are facts, and often are twisted stories, or even make-up stories) about others out of self-righteous and/or pride for promoting her/himself better than others, and it could also be due to one’s insecurity - through gossiping to serve one’s desire to manipulate and control. Anyway, the foundation has very much to do with one’s distorted identity plus a shallow or broken relationship with the Heavenly Father. As Rev. Darrell Johnson repeatedly mentioned “Things are not as they seem” in his book “Discipleship on the Edge”. May Jesus have mercy upon us all!

Therefore, the Gospel is equally important within the church and beyond the church. Evangelizing is equally important among believers and toward not-yet-believers. 

BTW. Henri Nouwen’s books “The Way of The Heart” and “Spiritual Formation” might help with the process. 

A tale of two books: "The wounded healer" & “Wounded Prophet”

"The wounded healer" written by Nouwen is more about healing through personal and ministry wounds in general, not specific to do with sexuality. Only the book named "Wounded Prophet” which was not authored by Nouwen, but written by a biographer named “Michael Ford” about Nouwen after Nouwen’s death, in which Nouwen’s sexuality was being discussed. “The wounded healer” and “Wounded Prophet” are two different books written by two different persons. I would like to point this out because sometimes the contents from the two books have been mixed up by many people. I don’t think Nouwen had publicly identified himself as homosexual, but I read that he’d discussed his struggle with friends and in "private" journals. Also, so far there is no evidence that Nouwen broke his vow of chastity, but there was a personal struggle.

The “Ark” of Science & Technology - The Information Technology Ark

All scientific knowledge and technology are gifts and blessings from God to all creations out of His love. Only can be advanced under God's will. Science & Technology should be deployed based on His Kingdom way and in good stewardship.

We took out and hung up onto our fireplace a Christmas stocking sewed by the wife of my husband's manager many years ago as a gift to us. Today we learnt that years of effort on virtual technology is for real. Thanks to God. Today it came to my mind that IT workers were like building an ark of an online framework for today’s physical contactless digital communication.

This might sound odd. I have a feeling that the entire digital communication architecture is like an ark. We are all on board. Noah Ark was built with precise measurements, and in the computer world, every detail is precisely designed, programmed, and calibrated by integrating together for the entire computer system to work.

The Spiritual Chemistry

Pride and guilt are the two elements, with the catalyst of bitterness, to yield sins which are the compounds of "sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies" (Galatians 5:19-21). The antidote is through Jesus Christ with “the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” (Galatians 5:22-25).

Understanding AI development through observing toddlers

Since six years ago, I have been blessed on having the privilege of understanding artificial intelligence development through toddlers (my nephew & niece). On my niece's two-year-old birthday, my sister had bought a box of hibernated butterflies for releasing during her birthday party. My sister unwrapped the box and put the butterflies into a netted box with fruit slices the day before, so the butterflies would be reenergized to get ready for the release. During the release, my two-year-old niece walked back and forth, pointing at the butterflies asking my husband whether those are bugs (蟲). Since my husband recognized butterflies belong to the category of bugs, so he answered her yes. My niece kept walking back and forth with her little feet walking towards a butterfly on the grass, we didn’t really know what was going on in her mind guessing perhaps she was trying to step onto it, and then she walked away as the butterfly was almost the same size of her little foot. Out of our expectations, while everyone was focusing on the butterflies, she suddenly picked up a big piece of rock and threw in a projectile towards the butterfly sitting on a piece of rock. Bingo! It landed right on top of the butterfly and broke one of its wings. The piece of rock was big and heavy to her, and in the past, she had tried to pick up one even smaller than this killer rock, she complained about its weight and asked her mother to carry it for her. She used to be a timid little girl as well. This time she crossed her comfort zone J, verified with my husband that those were bugs, based on her previous knowledge of getting rid of any bugs she encountered (e.g. ants…etc) when helping her grandma to water veggies in the backyard; therefore, by living out her inner potential of “楊門女將本色 J” she picked up the largest and heaviest piece of rock, aimed precisely, and threw it in an upward parabola motion onto the bug (butterfly) to kill it!

 

 

A wild idea: Our brain being a receptor and a responder rather than a thinking engine

I am wondering if a person’s brain actually acts as a receiver and responder rather than a thinking engine. There is nothing originated from our brains; instead, they are driven by the Spirit/spirits through reception, and then we “respond” according to our beings followed by our behaviours and actions based on the corresponding resultant. However, there is a discerning and sensitive tuner living in each individual to channel in or out of the Holy Spirit channel. Whether one’s tuner is modulated sharply to the Holy Spirit channel and receiving strong and crispy signal has much to do with internal and external influences. The former is about personalities and character plus personal experiences (our beings), and the latter is about environmental and conditional situations. We need Christian spiritual disciplines and practices to cleanse & purity our beings and filtering external influences or noises in order for refining the modulation towards the channel of the Holy Spirit.

Vessel

The boat once was covered with dirty stains, being plunged under a wave and then surfaced. All the stains were washed away, and the oars were lost! The inside of her hull was purged, ready to be filled with God’s Word. Without any oars, the boat is being chartered celestially in faith down the windy coastlines, across the stormy seas, up the streams, across serene lakes, while witnessing God’s almightiness on “making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland”. Along with other boats of different colours and shapes, she sails in and towards the Kingdom of God!

Idling Work

The buzzing bee is about to work; the idling bee is at work.

How much pollen have you collected?

How much pollen are you collecting?

How much more pollen are you going to collect?

How much pollen have you been producing?

How much pollen are you producing?

How much more pollen are you going to produce?

The flowers are blooming; the idling flowers are at work.

Living Water

John 4:1-30 The Message (MSG)

The Woman at the Well

4 ^1-3 Jesus realized that the Pharisees were keeping count of the baptisms that he and John performed (although his disciples, not Jesus, did the actual baptizing). They had posted the score that Jesus was ahead, turning him and John into rivals in the eyes of the people. So Jesus left the Judean countryside and went back to Galilee.

^4-6 To get there, he had to pass through Samaria. He came into Sychar, a Samaritan village that bordered the field Jacob had given his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was still there. Jesus, worn out by the trip, sat down at the well. It was noon.

^7-8 A woman, a Samaritan, came to draw water. Jesus said, “Would you give me a drink of water?” (His disciples had gone to the village to buy food for lunch.)

⁹ The Samaritan woman, taken aback, asked, “How come you, a Jew, are asking me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?” (Jews in those days wouldn’t be caught dead talking to Samaritans.)

¹⁰ Jesus answered, “If you knew the generosity of God and who I am, you would be asking me for a drink, and I would give you fresh, living water.”

^11-12 The woman said, “Sir, you don’t even have a bucket to draw with, and this well is deep. So how are you going to get this ‘living water’? Are you a better man than our ancestor Jacob, who dug this well and drank from it, he and his sons and livestock, and passed it down to us?”

^13-14 Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again and again. Anyone who drinks the water I give will never thirst—not ever. The water I give will be an artesian spring within, gushing fountains of endless life.”

¹⁵ The woman said, “Sir, give me this water so I won’t ever get thirsty, won’t ever have to come back to this well again!”

¹⁶ He said, “Go call your husband and then come back.”

^17-18 “I have no husband,” she said.

“That’s nicely put: ‘I have no husband.’ You’ve had five husbands, and the man you’re living with now isn’t even your husband. You spoke the truth there, sure enough.”

^19-20 “Oh, so you’re a prophet! Well, tell me this: Our ancestors worshiped God at this mountain, but you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place for worship, right?”

^21-23 “Believe me, woman, the time is coming when you Samaritans will worship the Father neither here at this mountain nor there in Jerusalem. You worship guessing in the dark; we Jews worship in the clear light of day. God’s way of salvation is made available through the Jews. But the time is coming—it has, in fact, come—when what you’re called will not matter and where you go to worship will not matter.

^23-24 “It’s who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That’s the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship. God is sheer being itself—Spirit. Those who worship him must do it out of their very being, their spirits, their true selves, in adoration.”

²⁵ The woman said, “I don’t know about that. I do know that the Messiah is coming. When he arrives, we’ll get the whole story.”

²⁶ “I am he,” said Jesus. “You don’t have to wait any longer or look any further.”

²⁷ Just then his disciples came back. They were shocked. They couldn’t believe he was talking with that kind of a woman. No one said what they were all thinking, but their faces showed it.

^28-30 The woman took the hint and left. In her confusion she left her water pot. Back in the village she told the people, “Come see a man who knew all about the things I did, who knows me inside and out. Do you think this could be the Messiah?” And they went out to see for themselves.

The Message (MSG)

Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+4%3A1-30&version=MSG

Aeroplane versus Hang Glider

Looking at our drawing of an aeroplane and a hang glider, I asked the child, “Do you think the aeroplane is faster or the hang glider is faster?” The child said, “Of course the hand glider is faster! The aeroplane is too heavy with so many inside it.” I smiled, internalizing the logic of a powerful man-made jet engine and the gentleness of the uplifting wind, then the song “It’s a long road to freedom” by Medical Mission Sisters came to my mind. I ponder on the lyrics “walk in love with the wind on your wing” with an image of a soaring eagle found in “Isaiah 40:30-31 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

“It’s a long road to freedom” by Medical Mission Sisters

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txK5ZazkJBU)

It's a long road to freedom, a winding steep and high

But when you walk in love with the wind on your wing

And cover the earth with the songs you sing

The miles fly by

I walked one morning by the sea

And all the waves reached out to me

I took their tears, then let them be

It's a long road to freedom, a winding steep and high

But when you walk in love with the wind on your wing

And cover the earth with the songs you sing

The miles fly by

I walked one morning at the dawn

When bits of night still lingered on

I sought my star, but it was gone

It's a long road to freedom, a winding steep and high

But when you walk in love with the wind on your wing

And cover the earth with the songs you sing

The miles fly by

I walked one morning with a friend

And prayed the day would never end

The years have flown so why pretend

It's a long road to freedom, a winding steep and high

But when you walk in love with the wind on your wing

And cover the earth with the songs you sing

The miles fly by

I walked one morning with my king

And all my winters turned to spring

Yet every moment held its sting

It's a long road to freedom, a winding steep and high

But when you walk in love with the wind on your wing

And cover the earth with the songs you sing

The miles fly by

In the shade, Under the sun...

May you always recognize the presence of our Triune God in the shade or under the sun.

Travelling back and forth in time between Bible Studies: information and formation

Before Christian Reformation, there was a lack of an analytical way of studying the Bible, the inductive study “Observation, Interpretation, Application” is an appropriate approach to develop an analytical way of studying the Bible. In the most recent decades, education has been common to all up to secondary/high school level, in which graduates were capable to comprehend a piece of writing analytically for information extraction and knowledge acquiring. However, the schooling we received has been training students more on information acquiring from reading, which is necessary and crucial in terms of skills preparation before entering the workforce, lesser on being formative. Therefore, in terms of Bible Study, besides having the inductive study, we may need to revisit older ways of studying the Bible such as Lectio/Visio Divina and Gospel contemplation before the Reformation era (e.g. prior to 15^th Century) to achieve a balance or enable us to juggle coherently between knowledge acquiring (information) and heart changing (formation/transformation).

A genuine ongoing conversational relationship with God

Be genuine in front of our Triune God and have an ongoing conversational relationship with Him who is our almighty creator, gracious healer, and merciful director. Do not follow or compromise with false gods, but only worship the Triune God who has created and love us.

Intimacy with a motive, Authentic Fear and His Grace

In Matthew 26, Judas gave Jesus a kiss which is an intimate gesture with a hidden motive; all the disciples, including His closest ones: James, John, Peter, deserted Him and fled in authentic fear and reaction. In Matthew 28; Acts 1-2, Jesus looked for His disciples after His resurrection and empowered them with the Holy Spirit. The grace of our Lord is amazing! His love is awesome!

Bible Old Testament being relevant in today’s world – family dynamics

Some people comment that the Bible - Old Testament contains ancient stories that have little to do with today’s world. However, if one read each story and the entire OT, one would find it very much related to the family dynamics of today’s world: the chaos in David’s family and his clinging onto God, the twin brothers Esau and Jacob along with the favouritism being and the scheme-of-a-woman doing of their mother Rebekah plus Isaac’s self-satisfying (e.g. gluttony) lifestyle… etc.

Christian Discipleship - Spiritual Formation & Mentoring

Christian Discipleship - Spiritual Formation & Mentoring

1      Who calls us to do discipleship and mentorship? Why? When? What? How?

·         John 15:1-17

·         Matthew 28:18-20

·         John 15

·         Galatians 5:13-26

2      Definitions

2.1    What is discipleship?

Discipleship focuses on laying a foundation in the Christian life. It introduces new believers to the basic truths of Scripture—the authority of the Word, assurance of salvation, the content of the Gospel, and the call to a sanctified life… Discipleship begins the process of character development and holy living, in particular confronting more blatant sins of the flesh. It also challenges believers to direct their attention toward others through service, evangelism, outreach, and ministry of various kinds… the term discipleship focuses on activity. It calls believers to action both in terms of their own spiritual practices and their service to others… modern discipleship emphasizes the cognitive and rational dynamics of Bible study and prayer disciplines. (http://deepwellswithglennmyers.blogspot.ca/2010/07/how-do-discipleship-and-spiritual.html)

Discipleship is foundations, scripture-based, and Holy-Sprit-formed.

2.2    What is spiritual formation?

Spiritual formation includes the basic elements of faith but goes on to incorporate the whole of the Christian life... share an intimate relationship with God that has been tested through the ups and downs of life. A. B. Simpson referred to this as the Christ Life. (http://deepwellswithglennmyers.blogspot.ca/2010/07/how-do-discipleship-and-spiritual.html)

“Spiritual formation is the forming of our spirits. When we make space for the Holy Spirit in our lives and beings to respond to God’s initiative, our lives are increasingly transformed. We are more attracted to moving in the direction of life, rather than death. This mysterious flow of vitality is what restores our lives and increasingly moves us to live, individually and corporately, as witnesses to the glory of God. Spiritual formation is then relinquishing more and more to the vitality of God’s spirit in us. We do this by bringing our ideas about God together with our experience of living so that we might discover God’s real presence in the daily patterns of our lives.” (Carey CSF 500)

“We all live story-shaped lives. The question is not whether we will do so; the issue is, rather, which are the stories (The Holy Bible) that will shape our lives?” (Carey CSF 500)

2.3    What is mentoring?

Mentoring is modeling and life-based.

2.4    How do discipleship/spiritual formation, mentoring relate to each other?

·         How do Discipleship and Spiritual Formation Relate? (http://deepwellswithglennmyers.blogspot.ca/2010/07/how-do-discipleship-and-spiritual.html)

·         The Differences Between Coaching, Discipling, and Mentoring (https://www.cchf.org/resources/h-and-dthe-differences-between-coaching-mentoring--discipling/)

3      Get & Stay Ready

3.1    Pay Attention to and Care for My Being

3.1.1  Prayers

§  Romans 8:26

§  1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

3.1.2  Bible Study

§  Church Sunday School

§  BSF

3.1.3  Regular devotions

§  Writing Spiritual Journal

§  Devine Reading on The Four Gospels 

o   John 21

§  Letters

o   Galatians 5

o   Ephesians 6:10-24

3.1.4  Retreat, solitude, silence, prayer, reflection

§  Mark 1:35

3.2    Egoism vs. Allowing room for growing together in Christ, quantity vs. quality, self-gratification vs. glorifying God, manipulation vs. Holy Spirit’s guidance

3.3    Be aware of and Practice Healthy Boundary

§  “Emotionally Healthy Church” by Peter Scazzero

§  “The Emotionally Healthy Leader” by Peter Scazzero

§  “Boundaries” by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend

3.4    Know your group members/mentee

3.4.1  Personality

·         Extrovert, Introvert

·         Sensing, Intuitive

·         Thinking, Feeling

·         Perceiving, Judging

·         Personality Types and Learning (https://www.wnc.edu/mbti/personality-types/)

3.4.2  Culture

§  Ethnicity, family or origin (upbringing), past religious believes/practices before conversion, past church denominations experience before joining church

3.4.3  Learning styles/channels

§  VAK: Visual/auditory/kinesthetic (tactile); Learning Styles -VAK (http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/styles/vakt.html)

§  Bible verse memorization, to emphasize on the concept, meaning, and transformation, less on word-for-word correction (but great if the person can memorize it word-for-word, and the best if memorizing word-for-word in multiple versions)

4      Discipleship

• Men’s group, Women’s group
• Two Approaches
• Integrated Approach

§  Group members study and practice from what being heart/learnt from church preaching and/or Sunday School

o   Less time for leaders/facilitators to prepare Bible Study materials, and more time for them to do fellowship, care for members, work on Sunday School homework together, and amplify the material into multiple channels that are effective to group members’ transformation

o   You have pastors and Sunday school teachers to guide the group on Bible Study area. (Don’t need to re-invent the wheel, making well use of resources provided by the church)

• Topical Approach

§  Group members study and practice on a specific topic together

o   Use a book as guidance

o   Season of Life in Christian perspective: dating & engagement, newly-wed, mothering, fathering, grand-mothering, grand-fathering)

o   Marketplace Practice in Christian perspective: medicine, engineering, finance, trades, service, education, arts… etc)

o   Ministry: Missionary, Bible Study, Spiritual Formation

• Two-in-One calendar to follow: church calendar and Christian calendar (no conflicts)
• church calendar: encourage members to join/serve church events/services as a group (e.g. church community day, Alpha helpers, Christmas Eve service, special celebration choir… etc); working/serving together as a team is a way of building relationships
• Christian calendar: encourage members to join church services (according to the church calendar which should try to follow the Christian calendar, e.g. Ash Wednesday Service, Lent Evening Worship & Prayer (Restless); sit with your group members
• Relationship Building
• Serving together as a team
• Eating together
• Studying / Practice on a specific topic that most group members concern in a Christina perspective
• Retreats
• Consider members’ safety when planning and implementing activities

5      Mentorship

• Man to man, Woman to woman
• Might work more effective if mentor-mentee:
• Having similar interests/hobbies (for mentoring new believers)
• Working in a similar trade or career (Finance, Medicine, Engineering, Service, Trades, Arts, Education… etc.) – for Christian perspective & practice at workplace
• Involving in or looking into similar ministry work (eg. Sunday School teachers, AWANA leaders, Alpha table leaders, Short-term missionary leaders, discipleship group leaders/facilitators, Singspiration/worship team… etc)
• Define the focus area

6      Take Home Reference Materials

6.1    Books

Like to read some books, you may start with these books…

Series	Title/Author	Comment
110	God So Loved the World / Jonathan R. Wilson	- A Christology for Disciples - Not dry, not thick
111	Celebration of Discipline / Richard J. Foster	The path to spiritual growth
121	Eat This Book/Eugene H. Peterson	The art of /the attitude on scripture reading
131	Relational Leadership / Walter C Wright	A Biblical Model for Leadership Service (Servant Leadership)
141	Spiritual Discipleship / J. Oswald Sanders	Perennial principles oriented series, each about 200 pages
142	Spiritual Maturity / J. Oswald Sanders
143	Spiritual Leadership / J. Oswald Sanders
151	The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery / David G. Benner	Dwelling in God
152	Desiring God's Will: Aligning Our Hearts with the Heart of God / David G. Benner	Aligning with God
153	Spirituality and the Awakening Self: The Sacred Journey of Transformation / David G. Benner	Walking with God
160	Dictionary of Christian Spirituality / Glen G. Scorgie, Simon Chan, Gordon T. Smith, James D. Smith III	It contains many articles that provide you a survey on Christian Spirituality; “The Dictionary of Christian Spirituality reflects an overarching interpretive framework for evangelical spiritual formation: a holistic and grace-filled spirituality that encompasses relational (connecting), transformational (becoming), and vocational (doing) dynamics.”
170	逆轉靈性 / 蔡貴恆	Written in Chinese; about Christian transformation; with practices
211	Emotionally Healthy Church /  Peter Scazzero	A Strategy For Discipleship That Actually Changes Lives
212	The Emotionally Healthy Leader / Peter Scazzero	How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World
213	Boundaries / Dr. Henry Cloud, Dr. John Townsend	Christian faith guide to healthy boundaries; maintaining a positive concept and self-image in Christ, relating with others with respects while dwelling in God’s love (our identity in Christ)
311	The Shape of Living / David F. Ford	“Discover how to overcome and develop an everyday spirituality that will guide your actions and bring meaning to your hectic life.”
312	Soulful Spirituality / David G. Benner	“probing the contrasts between soulful and soulless spirituality, deep and shallow religion, and healthy and unhealthy relationships with God to affirm the vital role of human development in the spiritual journey”
321	Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God / Timothy Keller	"Keller offers biblical guidance as well as specific prayers for certain situations, such as dealing with grief, loss, love, and forgiveness"
322	Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God / Dallas Willard	“the author provides rich spiritual insight into how we can hear God's voice clearly and develop an intimate partnership with him in the work of his kingdom”
323	Contemplative Prayer / Thomas Merton	“the peace contacted through meditation should not be sought in order to evade the problems of contemporary life, but can instead be directed back out into the world to affect positive change”
330	Sacred Companions: The Gift Of Spiritual Friendship and Direction / David G. Benner	Christian friends, brothers & sisters in Christ
340	Be Still / Jane E. Vennard	Contemplative Retreats & Congregational Life; Being & Doing
350	The Voice Of Jesus: Discernment, Prayer And The Witness Of The Spirit / Gordon T. Smith	Alternatively, there is a series of audio DVD (9 discs) (https://www.regentaudio.com/collections/gordon-smith/products/spiritual-discernment )

Legends:

• Series: XYZ
• X - challenging levels
• Y - books grouped by series
• Z - reading precedence within the series

6.2    Articles

No time to read books, you may start with articles…

• "3 Phases of a Paul and Timothy Relationship" by Pastor Rick Warren (http://pastors.com/paul-timothy/ )
• Personality Types and Learning  (https://www.wnc.edu/mbti/personality-types/)
• Learning Styles -VAK (http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/styles/vakt.html)

6.3    Video/Audio

Got an hour listening to something…

·         3 Mentoring Principles for Biblical Discipleship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP_2QwOC8_E

·         Disciple Making, Fruit Of Being A Christian by Francis Chan And David Platt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVaktd2s0L4

·         Richard Rohr - Contemplative Prayer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0o5J0-8OA0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPb3Z51gLcY

6.4    Tools

·         Bible gateway - https://www.biblegateway.com

·         Bible Hub - http://biblehub.com/

·         The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVfwlh9XpX2Y_tQfjeln9QA

·         Jesus Walk Bible Study Series - http://www.jesuswalk.com/

·         Renovaré - https://renovare.org/

·         Many online materials… just “beware of heresy”