Receive Your Copy Family The Forming Center: A Vision Of The Role Of Family In Spiritual Formation Developed By Marjorie J. Thompson Presented As Printable Format

of all, I knew going in that the book was not aimed at me, I'm not actually a practicing Christian very lapsed Catholic is as close as I get, and my boys are grown.
I'm soon to be a household of one, But I wanted to read it because as a parent the spiritual life of my children and me was important the values that I taught them was central to what I thought a family was supposed to be.
And a lot of this book talks about that, although when they got down to specifics about scripture reading and supporting the church I'd just skip along.


Anyway, it does a good job of passionately centering the family as the primary source of moral values, and also how that common sense approach isn't always how we actually structure things, letting church or school or whatever take over that role.
Foundational for how churches can best care for children and families, Thoughtful examination of the family as the primary spiritual formation unit, Carefully avoids making the nuclear unit an object of idolatry, Excellent bibliography for people interested in child and family spirituality lived in the context of the Christian church.
I especially liked her chapter on becoming a "sacred shelter", Thompson lays out a beautiful biblical vision of the family, providing tangible ideas to impliment the concepts she is presenting within a home.
She has a clear, easy style that is a delight to read, I will reread this book at some point! In a time when 'family' is being redefined daily, Thompson provides core theology behind the understanding of familyfamily in all its diversity.
She speaks of ways to strengthen the spiritual bonding within the family so the family can enact the social witness to which it is called.
Marjorie J. Thompson is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, She received her B. A. in religious studies from Swarth College, and her M, Div. from McCormick Theological Seminary. Following a post graduate pastoral internship, she became a Research Fellow at Yale Divinity School where she studied Christian spirituality with Henri Nouwen and did independent research in ecumenical traditions of prayer.
She has served as director of the Pathways Center for Spiritual Leadership and as spiritual director to Companions in Christ, a program outgrowth of the Pathways initiative of Upper Room Ministries.
Companions in Christ is a small group resource for spiritual formation in local congregations, suited to ecumenical use.
Marjori Marjorie J. Thompson is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, She received her B. A. in religious studies from Swarth

College, and her M, Div. from McCormick Theological Seminary. Following a post graduate pastoral internship, she became a Research Fellow at Yale Divinity School where she studied Christian spirituality with Henri Nouwen and did independent research in ecumenical traditions of prayer.
She has served as director of the Pathways Center for Spiritual Leadership and as spiritual director to Companions in Christ, a program outgrowth of the Pathways initiative of Upper Room Ministries.
Companions in Christ is a small group resource for spiritual formation in local congregations, suited to ecumenical use.
Marjorie has exercised a ministry of teaching, writing, and spiritual guidance for many years, sitelink.