The Ninefold Path of Jesus Learning Lab

THE NINEFOLD PATH LAB is an experiential journey through the Beatitudes—Jesus’ manifesto for a whole new way of being and living.

In this 10 session “Beatitudes Boot Camp” we use the Beatitudes to explore key themes in the Sermon on the Mount, or what Dallas Willard described as the “curriculum for Christlikeness.” Then together we take on weekly practices to help us live in a new way.

The aim of this “learning lab” is to create an active learning environment, where participation is invited and expected. We don’t experience transformation just by getting new information. To grow and change we must relate new vision to our everyday lives, take risks, and try on new ways of thinking and doing. By engaging this dynamic many people experience a new depth of belonging, life-change and local engagement in issues of mercy and justice.

Think of the Ninefold Path as a series of workouts for the soul, an introduction to practices that you can return to again and again to help you live towards what is most real and true. In each session we will reflect on one Beatitude and then try to put it into practice through group activities, journal exercises, daily habits and experiments. The total time required to participate is 3 to 4 hours per week.

COMMITMENT:

1. Participate in all sessions and log in on time (2 hours). In the unfortunate circumstance that you have to miss a session, let the facilitators know ahead of time. We will record each session and you can listen at another time. 

2. Read required chapters from The Ninefold Path of Jesus: Hidden Wisdom of the Beatitudes by Mark Scandrette. Please purchase prior to the start of the lab (available wherever books are sold)

3. Do the weekly practices (2.5 hours). For each beatitude there are three suggestions for putting the invitation of the Beatitude into practice. There is a journaling practice to increase your self-awareness; a daily habit that is a small step forward; and a more challenging threshold experiment that will help you take a new risk to grow and change.

4. Check in on your experiences. Report back to the group and process the results of your practices. Each new session will begin with 25 minutes of check-in time in break out groups. 

5. Help make the group safe. Share honestly, and keep what is shared in the group confidential. 

FACILITATED BY Mark & Lisa Scandrette and with assistance from other trained facilitators.

*The Ninefold Path Learning Lab was created by Mark Scandrette (markscandrette.com) and Danielle Welch with support of the NINE BEATS Collective - an international group of artists activists and thinkers inspired by the Beatitudes. Find out more at www.ninefoldpath.org & www.9beats.org.

Following the lab experience, a masterclass is offered for those who wish to learn how to lead this experience for others .

Here’s what past participants have said about their experience participating in a Ninefold Path Lab group:

“The Ninefold Path Lab brings the Beatitudes to life and in Technicolor. It's experiential learning at it's best!”

"The Ninefold Path Lab really made an impact on me. I would really like to spread these tools and knowledge to others.”

“The Ninefold Path Lab is practical, relevant and challenging. It allows you to explore how to live in a way that is more like Christ, in an environment that is open, safe and accountable.”

"I found my mind whirring each week as I reflected on the subject matter. Eureka moments for me - offering a real breakthrough - and taking me far deeper into actually living the life God intends for me.”

“A practical scriptural process that provided accountability AND allowed us to be creative about how to apply to our context.”

“I've been consistently challenged to not just hear the words of Jesus but to put them into practice in every area of life.”

“The most meaningful thing I have EVER been part of. Life-changing. It helped me get in contact with my spiritual longings.”

DATES: 

Part 1 (Beatitudes 1-4): Tuesdays September 15- October 11

Two week break: October 18 & 25

Part 2 (Beatitudes 5-9): Tuesdays November 1,8,15,22 & 29

TIME:  11:30-1:30 p.m. Pacific Time, 7:30-9:30 GMT

WHERE:  Zoom conference room accessed via wifi by your computer or device. Details and tZoom info will be sent nearer the time of the sessions. 

COST:

Full price: $165

Reduced Rate: $115

Registration for only Part 1 or Part 2: $90 for 5 sessions

Scholarship rate available by request. Contact [email protected]

Mark and Lisa Scandrette are cofounders of ReIMAGINE: A Center for Integral Christian Practice (www.reimagine.org). They lead an annual series of retreats, workshops, and projects designed to help participants apply spiritual wisdom to everyday life. Together they have written two books, Belonging and Becoming: Creating A Thriving Family Culture; and FREE: Spending Your Time and Money on What Matters Most. They live in San Francisco’s Mission District where they raised their three children.

Lisa Scandrette is an author, educator, and fiber arts enthusiast who is passionate about caring for individuals and creating a more just and peaceful world.

Mark Scandrette (markscandrette.com) is an internationally recognized expert in practical Christian spirituality and is the author of Practicing the Way of Jesus, Soul Graffiti and the forthcoming book The Ninefold Path of Jesus: Hidden Wisdom of the Beatitudes (Spring 2021). He teaches in the Doctoral program at Fuller Seminary and is on the creative team for Nine Beats Collective, an international project exploring the Beatitudes as a 21st vocabulary for the living way of Jesus.

LISTEN to the Renovare Podcast conversation between Nathan Foster and Mark Scandrette about The Ninefold Path of Jesus.

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