Resources for Living like Jesus in everyday life
‘Christ is formed in you.’ Galatians 4:19
About the Embody Cycle: As we are drawn into the life of God, Christ is formed in us. A shared Way of Life nurtures in us a posture of openness to God’s transforming love. Personal and communal practices (like a trellis that supports growth) help us stay rooted in grace and live out our faith day by day. Alongside rhythms of prayer and engagement with Scripture, the Eucharist is a shared practice that sustains us, orienting our lives around Christ’s presence and self-giving love.
In-house Resources
Our Confident Disciples resources particularly support the Embody discipleship cycle – helping churches establish shared, sustainable patterns of faith in everyday life.
Lent Offerings
5-week online Lent series connecting churches through shared discipleship themes, teaching, and small group resources.
Communal Practices
Simple, repeatable practices (e.g. Dwelling in the Word, Community Examen, Listening Groups) for use in services, meetings, and small groups.
Shared Way of Life
Guided resources to help churches discern their shared calling and develop rhythms of life together.
In-house training
Embodied Prayer
What if our bodies weren’t distractions in prayer, but doorways into God’s presence?
Jesus prayed with his whole being, and Scripture gives us a vision of personhood where body, mind and heart belong together. Yet in much of our discipleship, the body is overlooked. Many of us are left unsure how to pray with and through the bodies God has given us.
Embodied prayer is a way of praying that helps us listen to God by becoming present to our own breath, movement and physical being. It is an approach that nurtures compassion for ourselves as beloved creatures in whom God delights, and invites us to delight in the sheer gift of being alive.
External resources to support the 'Embody' cycle
Alongside Confident Disciples resources, a wide range of external resources support these patterns of formation:
Courses
Cursillo is a short Anglican discipleship course for personal and community transformation.
Emotionally Healthy Discipleship is a course exploring the integration of emotional health, self-awareness and loving well.
Growing on the frontline is an eight session course that addresses barriers to deepening faith. (See related article below).
Moving On is a seven-session course exploring Christian discipleship.
Pattern is a tool to equip groups of three or four people to curate simple patterns of living each day that encourage spiritual growth.
Practicing the Way is a suite of free online resources including an eight-session course, nine core spiritual practices, and a rule of life builder.
Apps
Pray as you Go Daily prayer whenever you need it. Ignatian inspiration, Jesuit Prayer on the go.
Lectio 365 Pray the Bible by meditating on the scriptures and asking God to speak through them. The app has short devotionals for morning and evening so you can open and close each day with God.
