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Our community is built around a set of shared, secular-friendly practices for developing as a person.

Everything we do in Formation is done in the spirit of invitation, and these practices are no exception. There are no "shoulds" or "musts."

These practices merely provide a framework and shared language for what it might mean to grow in wholeheartedness on a secular path.

Here are the core invitations:

• To spend a certain amount of time each day in contemplative silence (meditation, journaling, etc.).
• To commit to joining a small group, allowing yourself to be deeply known by the group, sharing your joys and struggles.
• To spend time with people across lines of difference, and to use that time to nurture authentic relationships.
  
• To give generously of one's time, energy, and resources to those who don't have the resources needed to thrive.
• To take care of yourself in mind, body, and spirit.
• To  the "inward-outward journey," seeing growth as not just about self-actualization, but about finding the place where your "gifts and brokenness can meet the world’s deep needs."

*Adapted from Descent Into Love, by Killian Noe.

Each individual may relate to these practices differently in different seasons of their lives.