Ten Elements

The Ten Elements of The Way

Life-long Learning

• Daily Bible reading.
• Study of Celtic, Desert and other Saints
• Memorizing of Scripture
• Learning through creative arts.
• Reflecting on daily experiences.
• Living what we learn – not simply an academic exercise.

Spiritual Journey

• Sharing with a Soul Friend.
• Walking in the footsteps of Jesus.  Where he is leading us?
• What is the Spirit doing in and through us?
• Regular retreats for quiet and reflection.
• Pilgrimage to sacred sites                                                                                       

        – “Places of resurrection”

        –  Communities of Prayer

Rhythms of:

Prayer

• Regular prayer practices, old and new.
• Discovering new and creative ways of praying.

Work

• A gift from God.
• Balance between paid employment, voluntary service, routine chores – all offered to God.
• Resist pressure to over-work, which robs ourselves, others, and God.

Re-creation

• Including rest and fun.
• Holy use of creative flow.
• as valuable as work and prayer.

Spiritual Initiatives Through Intercession

• Praying for God’s will in God’s world.
• Engaging in intercessory prayer.
• Affirm wider initiatives in intercessory prayer.

Simple Lifestyle

• Avoid judging others
• Hold before God and our Soul Friend our  finances, possessions, and talents.
• Celebrate in God’s good gifts.
• Regular and generous giving.
• Hospitality.
• Resist overload and clutter.

Care for Creation

• Affirm creation as essentially good though     spoilt by evil.
• Respect, care for, and restore.
• Stand against all that violates and destroys.
• Celebrate, bless and meet God through creation.

Healing Fragmented People & Communities

• Renounce self-sufficient autonomy.
• Invite divine love into our own and others’ wounds.
• Seek conflict resolution and the healing of wounded group memory.
• Seek wholeness for individuals and peoples.

Openness to God’s Spirit

• Allow God to take us where the Spirit wills.
• Cultivate inner silence.
• Affirm proper and appropriate use of   the gift of prophecy.
• Learn to listen to God.

Unity

• Repent of our part in divisions within  the Christian Church.
• Honor Christianity’s God-given strands and seek to weave them together again.
• Consider fellow Christians as “pilgrims together.”
• Resist all that damages unity or raises barriers between people and the church.
• Seek solidarity with people of all faiths  in everything except sin.

Mission

• Share our faith with a heart for those estranged from Christ.
• Speak out for the poor and the powerless, and promote justice.
• Oppose false teaching through love, sound argument, prayer and demonstration of God’s power.
• Encourage indigenous faith communities.
• Dialogue with those in authority to establish God-led lands.