Reflection Paper On Vfcl

Before I start with the integrated paper on VFCL, I would like to reflect back on my journey. I did not have any plans to join the seminary I was doing well with my business school studies, I come from an Indian Christian family whose father is a pastor, and who shares an ancestral history of pastors in the family. My parents brought me up with an understanding to love and worship God, spend my time in learning things that can help me in every way and teach me to help others learn something through me. I am reminded that in 2010, when I attended International Christian Youth Conference on Evangelism in Seoul South Korea, I recall of a session where Bishop Sundo Kim gave a Sermon on Matthew 4:19 his focus on the words of Jesus “Follow me” was

This reminded that when Jesus prayed alone, it was just because of the intimacy he had with God the Father, in heaven. I have a habit of praying alone, praying in silence where I try to communicate with God, and patiently wait for his reply. Jesus calls us saying “Follow me” we do not follow him the same way the early disciples followed him but we follow him in the spirit. Jesus trained himself in prayer, solitude, and worship so we have to imitate him in all aspects of his living. When we try to imitate Christ we try to grow in likeness like him. I learnt this patience from the Art of theological Reflection by Killen and De Beer which points out to a journey which God has chosen for me. It would be involve struggle and difficulties but God will be there to provide for me as he reminds us in (Genesis 22:14). The only thing required believer of Christ is to faithfully obey God and God’s

I appreciated Dr Fredrick Schmidt starting the plenary sessions with prayer. He mentioned about spiritual practices and its disciplines in the church, and explained how we could apply different lenses to spiritual disciplines. The second plenary session was a creative session with Dr. Karla Kincannon where we prayed and meditated and, helped us learn how to create the art. It helped us shape our creativity and spirituality together. The third plenary session was with Dr. Fredrick Schmidt where he taught us about the monastic life lived by the monks during the second century, how monks lived; the way they prayed and meditated and gave more time to God. The monks were living a more disciplined life, they were closer to God and away from the worldly pleasures. The last plenary session with Dr. Mark Fowler was an amazing experiencing. He reminded us that we are here in seminary for a purpose and that God wants us to fulfil that purpose in our lives. Our journey in the seminary may be of challenges but we have to keep our faith strong and remember by whom we have given our authority of