SPO Ohio Formation Community

We explore how we can mishear what the Father is saying to us, and unknowingly carry burdens we are not meant to carry. When we get the Father wrong, we fall into a caricature of the Christian life called Moralistic Therapeutic Deism. God's love is the source of the entire Christian life and the source of our good actions. 

John speaks about knowing who the Father is. He discusses how this is the entire foundation for this new course and for our pursuit of deeper Christian formation.

Andrew and Carmen Kebe give helpful tips and guidelines for dating and marriage while also giving reason for why the vocation of marriage is beautiful and necessary but also hard. They dig into their story of dating and married life and share the reality behind what it means to enter into the vocation of marriage.

John gives a talk about good guidelines and dispositions for discernment. He shares that ultimately we must choose to surrender our plans to God knowing that His ways are higher.

Emily talks about the Gifts of the Holy Spirit in preparation for Fan into Flame. She goes over the different gifts and what it means to receive gifts along with what it does to the greater body of Christ.

Michael gives an exhortation about baptism in the Holy Spirit. John then gives a more extensive talk on relationship with the Holy Spirit and baptism of the Holy Spirit in preparation for Fan into Flame. Fan into Flame is about inviting students to experience a complete transformation in their relationship with the Lord. This transformation comes about from a personal experience of the Father's love that is linked to the stirring up of the graces received in their Baptism and Confirmation.

John and Emily discuss the topic of love and desire from a Christian perspective.

Tim dives into how to approach finances with a mindset of surrender, recognizing that everything we have comes from the Lord.