Mosaic Formation

We are excited to announce that David's book, "Tending the Garden: a Spiritual Formation Journey through the Enneagram of Christlike Virtues®" is now available in print or for Kindle on Amazon! (https://a.co/d/02VNuNET)

"Tending the Garden" offers a gentle, contemplative journey toward Christlikeness through the Enneagram of Christlike Virtues®. Rather than beginning with personality types or asking, What number am I?, David Wu invites us first to turn our attention toward Jesus—to behold his beauty, receive his loving gaze, and allow the Spirit to form his life in us. This is not a book about becoming a better version of your type. It is an invitation to become more fully yourself as you become more like Jesus.

In the spirit of "Freely Receive, Freely Give", Tending the Garden's PDF manuscript is also available on our website at https://mosaicformation.org/ecv

This week we celebrate the publishing of David Wu's book, "Tending the Garden: A Spiritual Formation Journey through the Enneagram of Christlike Virtues®". The book is a contemplative exploration of how we become more Christlike as we behold Jesus and notice what He, the Gardener, is lovingly tending in the "gardens of our souls".

Before we officially announce the book, we share a Substack article of David's reflections on his personal journey leading to the growth of "Tending the Garden" and what it means to become less concerned with what we can produce and more attentive to what has grown.

Read on Substack: https://mosaicformation.substack.com

When your heart is heavy, what practices is God inviting you to allow Him to hold the burden with you? Here is part 2 of Cindy's substack article on "Gratitude as Resistance".

Read on substack:
https://mosaicformation.substack.com

Join us for 2 Mosaic Formation events happening next week!

1. Our Intercultural Agility Fall Book club begins Sept 22 - the first of 3 sessions on "The Spirit Catches You & You Fall Down". We will be exploring the clash of worldviews between Hmong parents and their daughter's American doctors, both with the best hopes and intentions for a child with a severe health condition.

2. "Releasing" Soul Care retreat on Sept 25 - a 3 hour retreat where you're invited to pause and notice what God might be inviting you to release in this season.

Register at: https://www.mosaicformation.org/events

Each month we will highlight a spiritual director from our Mosaic Network so you can get to know them and connect with their ministries! Mosaic Network members share our commitment to expand access to spiritual formation care to underserved communities through intercultural agility, learning from global wisdom, and offering services with a freely receive freely give model of generosity.

Afrika Afeni Mills is a spiritual director, author, consultant, and founder of Soul Compass, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her ministry offers sacred listening and spiritual companionship for those seeking to notice and respond to God’s presence in their lives.

Visit her website to find out more at https://www.soulcompass.space

She has recently published the book: "Sowing Shalom: Soul-Anchored Practices for Racial Healing and Nurturing the Beloved Community", which is available for pre-order. She will be hosting 4 free virtual workshops over Zoom this Fall covering content from her book. If interested, register here: https://forms.gle/FzfA2tGoNHrBMWYz5

Join us for our Fall book club on Anne Fadiman’s "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures".

Over 3 sessions beginning September 22nd, we will engage in conversations around migration, worldview, and the unintended consequences of cultural misunderstanding. How do followers of Jesus develop intercultural competence to navigate an increasingly complex world?

Register at: https://www.mosaicformation.org/events

What might it look like to start practicing gratitude in "all circumstances"? Read Cindy's new article (part 1 of 2) on Gratitude on Substack!

https://mosaicformation.substack.com

When was the last time you decluttered: physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually?

Our personal spiritual formation includes seasons in our lives where God is doing a particular work in us. As we enter fall, this may be an invitation to release something in this season of life.

Join Cindy Wu with Mosaic Formation for a 3-hour online retreat on Friday, September 25, as we name and reflect on areas of our life that we need to surrender to God. These may include attachments, disappointments, pain, expectations.

Register at: https://www.mosaicformation.org/events

What happens when people from very different worldviews have the best intentions for care that are in conflict with one another?

We will be hosting a fall book club on Anne Fadiman’s "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures" over 3 sessions - Sept 22, Oct 13, and Oct 27.

Join us for conversations around migration, worldview, and the unintended consequences of cultural misunderstanding. How do followers of Jesus develop intercultural competence to navigate an increasingly complex world?

We into the lives of a refugee family and a medical team who each held deep convictions and the best intentions, but cultural difference ultimately was the strongest force.

Register at: https://www.mosaicformation.org/events

For those who have enrolled in our Enneagram of Christlike Virtues self-paced online course (https://go.mosaicformation.org/ecv), David continues to offer monthly live online opportunities for Q&A, group learning, and gentle coaching around your WEPPS profile. Our next Tending the Garden sessions will be on Tues Aug 18 and Tues Sept 15 at 7 PM Central Time.

Register at https://www.mosaicformation.org/events