Lessons of the Way: Using Adventure Activities to Explore the Way of Jesus
GREG ROBINSON, PH.D. MARK ROSE
ISBN: 978-1-885473-65-3 SIZE: 6 x 9 PAGE COUNT: 192
“We cannot give what we do not have and we cannot teach what we do not live. Our best lessons come out of our own questions, our own searching, our own discoveries. Authenticity is the most important quality of a good teacher and in order to have that you must first consider and struggle with the same questions you want your students to struggle with.”
Lessons of the Way is a unique and comprehensive approach to spiritual formation and discipleship to Jesus that is grounded in the knowledge and use of experiential education. Stories, scriptures, activities and questions create the basis for action, reflection, change and growth. Here is an in-depth, practical resource for facilitators and leaders who want to embrace and share the foundational truths of spiritual formation found in its forerunner, Adventure and the Way of Jesus.
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Table of Contents
Foreword Introduction: How to Use This Book About Teaching Through Experience Lessons of the Way Chapter 1: Questions of the Way Question 1: What Makes a Person Valuable or Important? Question 2: What Role Does Fear Play in Decisions and Actions? Question 3: Does My Life Really Reflect a Trust in God? Question 4: How Do We See the People Around Us? Chapter 2: Thinking and the Way Which Voices are Leading You? Production: Does That Make You More Important? The Spectacular: Does Being Popular Make You More Important? Control: Does Being in Control Make You More Important? Right or Relevant: Does Being Right Make You More Important? The Way is Found in Accepting and Receiving Rather Than Proving and Doing Who is at the Center of the Story? Who is God? Faith as a Paradox: In Letting Go You Will Find Security Beyond the Obvious: Trust That God is Acting Even if We Can’t See It Chapter 3: Emotions and the Way The Way is Found by Following Our Fear The Way is Found in Really Trusting the One You Cannot See The Way is Found in Discerning Our Emotions Seeing the Truth About My Fear in the Way I Help Others Anxiety and Its Power to Distract Chapter 4: Sharing the Way Telling the Truth Even When It is Hard Solitude and the Forming of Compassion The Way is Found in Unconditional Acceptance The Way is Found in Compassion The Way is Found in the Reflections of the Truth Chapter 5: Scripture Along the Way Journey With Abraham Illustrated Stage One: Separation, the Beginning of Faith Stage Two: Struggle, the Strengthening of Faith Stage Three: Failure, the Experience of Grace Mount Moriah: Faith Beyond Understanding Chapter 6: Communion as a Shared Experience Activities Activities Introduction Balance Broom Climbing Wall Corporate Box Dual Keypads Four Quad Frantic Group Juggle Heebie Jeebie/Pirates Crossing Hold Your Breath Islands Man in the Mirror Micro Hike Minefield Nocturnal News Pamper Pole Perception Exercise The Protector Screamer Ships Across the Sea Slippery Tension Traverse Solo Spider Web Team Haul Swing Tent Pole 38 Special Trust Fall Trust Walk Wild Woosey Yeah, But... Zipline Lesson Reference Guide Activity Reference Guide Resources References Index
