This week in our Practicing the Way course and sermon series we looked at Crafting a Rule of Life.
Now we’re ready to take all the ideas we’ve been learning and “put it into practice” by writing our own Rule of Life.
There’s no “right way” to craft a Rule of Life, and there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to spiritual formation. The goal is to write a Rule that is customized for your unique personality, situation, and community.
To that end, we’ve created a digital tool called the Rule of Life Builder.
01 Go to practicingtheway.org and log in.
02 Click on the Rule of Life Builder and follow its prompts. It will guide you through daily, weekly, monthly, and seasonal practices in a number of categories.
03 You can utilize the suggestions, write yours completely from scratch, or do a mix of both.
• Remember: start small. Your Rule can begin with just a few small practices and rhythms.
• In this Course, we’ve covered three basic rhythms:
o A daily prayer rhythm that includes the reading of Scripture in the quiet of solitude.
o A weekly Sabbath.
o And next session, we’ll invite you to a weekly touchpoint in community.
• You can continue these practices and add, subtract, and edit as you sense the Spirit’s direction.
• A Rule of Life isn’t static, but dynamic. It changes with the seasons of our lives and stages of our discipleship. This digital template is easy to return to and modify. As time goes on, revisit your Rule and take the next step in your spiritual journey.
• You can do this exercise one time before the next session, or every day. It’s also an exercise you can practice for the rest of your life, to open deeper and deeper parts of your inner world to God.
*The above is from Practicing the Way. To learn more check out practingtheway.org.
