The Awakening:
An Institute of Spiritual Formation,
Spiritual Direction and Soul Care
For the Church
The Awakening Institute exists to help God's people profoundly know, see, hear and respond to God, who is with us, and to equip them to go into their churches to do the same for others.
How?
By promoting the development of a deepening awareness of who we are, as those created in the image and likeness of God, as well as a deepening awareness of God with us, through a deepening relationship with Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light
Ephesians 5:14
Program Overview
Spiritual Direction
1. A two year and two month certification program to designed to
develop those who God has called into the ministry of Spiritual
Direction.
2. A place for Spiritual Directors to gather and to share information
and best practices for the edification of the spiritual care
community.This is done through special gatherings and through
"Awakening" the official newsletter of The Awakening Institute.
3. To connect Certified Spiritual Directors with those seeking
spiritual direction.
Soul Care
1. Addressing soul damage caused by stress, trauma, depression
and other various life events that keep us form the fullness of
knowing God's healing presence in our lives. This experience is
called "Choosing Joy."
2. Making meaningful connections and building strong relationships
with individuals in the physical and emotional healing professions
hoping to form a more holistic spirit, soul, mind and body
approach to healing.
Spiritual Formation
Approaching spiritual growth toward holiness through a paradigm of awareness we call "The Christian Mystical Journey for Today's World", which consists of an awareness of Love, purification by Love, illumination by Love, the Mystery of Love, Union with Love and becoming non-resistant kenotic vessels through whom Love is let go into the world.