PSR SPIRITUAL FORMATION PLAN-1: STRUCTURED CONVERSATION

Spiritual Formation Plan Description

Pacific School of Religion prepares a diverse cadre of spiritually rooted leaders with the vision, resilience, and skill to create a world where all can thrive.

What is Spiritual Formation at PSR?
At PSR, spiritual formation involves transforming and grounding the whole person in a spirituality that will shape and sustain a student’s change work in the world. This formation happens both individually and in communities of accountability, both conceptually and practically. While spiritual formation has inward dimensions and work, it is informed by and informs the ways in which one moves through and impacts the world. Spiritual and cultural humility and respect for cross cultural difference aimed at creating a more just and compassionate world where all can flourish are essential components of this formation process. Therefore, spiritual formation – cultivating and nourishing spiritual roots, caring for soul, body, and mind, and opening oneself to experiences of the Holy in the world around through deep understanding and sustained practices – is at the heart of PSR’s theological education.

Purpose of Spiritual Formation Conversation and Plan Development
Your structured conversation with a PSR campus pastor is designed to assist you in discerning and articulating your intentions for fostering your spiritual formation during your degree program. It will be a time of collaboration where you can work together to determine what spiritual practices you hope to engage, where you might find resources to accomplish your goals, and how you can be supported and empowered in your formation as a spiritual leader.

Based on questions that follow, this conversation will occur either at the end of the “Spiritual Formation for Leadership” course or if you do not take this course, during the second semester of your first year. During the second year of your academic journey, this Spiritual Formation Plan will be included into your Middler Review to help assess your progress in meeting these goals.

Sequence of Spiritual Formation Plan Development

Review questions for your structured conversation with initial responses submitted prior to conversation with campus pastor. Complete this segment during "Spiritual Formation for Leadership" course.
Schedule and complete structured conversation with campus pastor at the end of "Spiritual Formation for Leadership" course or during the 2nd semester of your first year.
Within two weeks of the structured conversation, develop Spiritual Formation Plan and submit responses. Those responses will go to both Faculty Advisor and Campus Pastors for final review and submission to student record in SONIS.