About us

Formation is a place to explore life's big questions outside of existing religious traditions. We offer questions, not answers, and share a framework for exploring those questions in community and through individual reflection.

We believe in the power of contemplation, community, and service to change people's lives, and hope to provide a counterweight to a culture that values the endless pursuit of money, status, and power.

Everything we do is done in the spirit of invitation. There are no "shoulds" or "musts" - no tests of purity or required beliefs. All are welcome, and our ultimate mission is to connect you more deeply to your own inner voice, wherever it may lead you.

Invitations

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.

Contemplation

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Community

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Service

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Let the prayer be your first answear

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Prayer is our weapon

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