Adventure and the Way of Jesus: An Experiential Approach to Spiritual Formation

What things are best suited to help others grow spiritually, and what equipment is at the disposal of the spiritual facilitator? Spiritual facilitators help others through their own presence, the conditions they create and maintain, and the effective use of questions to point, nudge, direct, and teach those who want to learn. One of the best contexts for discovery is experiential learning. This is a type of learning that requires action, reflection, and an undetermined result. In a word, spiritual formation requires adventure.

This book is a set of thoughts to challenge and inspire those who are in a position to help, teach, lead, or mentor others. The author invites us to read slowly and listen closely as we join him in thinking about our part in God s work on earth.

Greg Robinson is currently president of Challenge Quest, LLC in Pryor, Oklahoma. Previous to coming to Challenge Quest, Greg spent 5 years with Williams in Tulsa, Oklahoma as a managing organization development consultant. He also was the coordinator of experiential training at John Brown University. His professional career also included 10 years of youth ministry and 4 years of college ministry.

Greg has a PhD in Organizational Behavior and Leadership from The Union Institute and University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He also has an MS in Counseling from John Brown University.

Greg s professional career has concentrated in the areas of team development, leadership development, and facilitation and consulting with organizational change efforts. He has coauthored three books with Mark Rose: Teams for a New Generation: An Introduction to Collective Learning; A Leadership Paradox: Influencing Others by Defining Yourself; and their newest book, Teams for a New Generation: A Facilitator s Field Guide.

Greg currently resides with his wife Jeannie, his daughter Keely, and son Kobe in Pryor, Oklahoma.