CORE 300

09 January 2012 ~ Comments Off

These are the books I have to read for CORE 300 during J-term.

Like many other students on campus, I have the opportunity to take a J-term class during the month of January. This year, I am taking my CORE 300 class. At Spring Arbor University, all of the students are required to take CORE 100, 200, 300 and 400. However, since I transferred to Spring Arbor as a junior, I only have to take CORE 300 and 400. These courses are designed to encourage and stretch students in their spiritual walk with Christ and each class holds a different emphasis. In my CORE 300 class, we are focusing on Spiritual Formation.

So what exactly is Spiritual Formation? In our first day of class, we saw many different definitions and had to create our own definition of Spiritual Formation. In my opinion, Spiritual Formation is the ongoing, intentional process of developing and forming a closer relationship with God through spiritual discipline.

Even though I have only attended this class for 2 days, I already love it! My professor, Joseph Neill, makes class interesting and he brings up great conversational topics and ideas to stretch our beliefs. Since we are learning about Spiritual Formation, we also have a large emphasis on spiritual disciplines and ways we can grow closer in our relationship with God. For homework every night, we are required to do a bunch of reading, post a question regarding the reading, answer in-depth discussion questions, and spend at least 30 minutes practicing a different spiritual discipline every day. Basically, CORE 300 is like an intensive Bible Study… and I love it! I look forward to taking the disciplines I learn in this class and applying them to my life after J-term is over.

My encouragement to you today is this: Try to spend 30 minutes in quiet time with God. Whether it’s reading the Bible, praying, or just being still, take a half hour out of your day and spend it intentionally (without distractions) with God.

God bless!

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About the author

Julie comes to SAU from west coast Michigan in the town of Holland. She is a junior transfer student pursuing a degree in psychology with a minor in business administration. She is crazy about intramural sports and loves playing soccer, basketball and volleyball. She is also a fan of choir, and any activity which provides a creative outlet, like arts and crafts. One of Julie’s next big projects is learning sign language. She is so excited about her first year at SAU and hopes it will be a great time of growth for her academically, relationally, spiritually and personally.