June 16, 2004

growth trails

Art trails. The notice caught my eye. I thought about the way that art trails thread one-off, stopping places into a journey.

So why not spirituality trails?;
meet at the start of a period with your spiritual coach
select a range of stopping places - courses, seminars, books
meet at the end of a period to celebrate learning.

You could have leadership trails, worship trails, mission trails, parenting trails .... and so many events can be threaded together in a range of personal choices.

Now that would be an exciting approach to spiritual development.

Posted by steve at June 16, 2004 11:04 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Yes, yes, yes.

Posted by: Lynne at June 16, 2004 08:13 PM

Interesting idea. Very like the differentiated tasks we try to use with students so they have choice but still get the core knowledge they need. A common model is mains for the whole class and then they get to choose form a number of dessert options. The motivation to do this is to cater to different abilities and learning styles.

Posted by: marion at June 17, 2004 12:37 PM

This is so very good. This way everyone would have a year of purpose with an opportunity to address their weakest areas or grow in areas of passion. Each one would be on a journey of their choosing and the results would benefit the whole! So when does the planning start? Count me in!

Posted by: Liz at June 18, 2004 03:54 PM

This would be awesome! My creative brain is spinning.

Posted by: David Finch at June 19, 2004 12:17 AM

This has already happened semi-officially in Bradford, West Yorkshire. There is a prayer trail raound the city [copies in the tourist office too]. Respect to Adrain Riley [now moved to Scarborough -splitter!] who set it up, proper leaflet and all.

Posted by: Andii Bowsher at June 25, 2004 08:31 PM