When you have finished, return to this page and continue below.
CREATING SPACE
A Place for Discernment
I've put this together because I trust you as a friend and as someone who can discern with me.
I'm not asking you to evaluate Creating Space or help me decide where it belongs. I'd simply value your perspective on what has taken shape—and what I may be too close to see.
There is no need to work through everything here.
I'd like you to begin by experiencing Come and See.
AFTER COME AND SEE
Before reading further, you might stay for a moment with whatever you noticed.
There is no particular response you should have had and nothing you need to decide.
When you're ready, the brief orientation below will give you some context for what you just experienced.
CREATING SPACE
A Brief Orientation
Creating Space began with a growing awareness that God is present in the ordinary experiences of our lives. Often we recognize that presence only later, when we have had enough time and space to notice.
At its heart is a simple conviction: God is already here. We do not need to manufacture a spiritual experience. We may need to become more attentive to what is already being given.
Ordinary human stories offered honestly became central to the work. Creating Space calls these stories witnesses. A witness is not used to make a point or teach a lesson.
The witness belongs to the storyteller; the doorway belongs to all.
THE BASIC MOVEMENT
Witness → Scripture → Prayer Experience
A person's lived experience is received as testimony. Scripture is received as a place of encounter. Prayer, reflection, and silence then allow room to notice what may be stirring in our own lives.
WHAT HAS TAKEN SHAPE
Creating Space has grown into several different expressions. They are not separate programs so much as different ways of entering and remaining with the same invitation.
THE EIGHT-WEEK JOURNEY
The heart of Creating Space
Eight gatherings moving from You Are Loved toward God Has Been Here All Along.
EVENINGS & DAYS OF REFLECTION
More spacious opportunities to remain
Longer spaces for prayer and reflection, including As Life Changes Shape.
COMPANION RESOURCES
Small ways of returning gently to ordinary life
Companion Cards offer something small to carry between gatherings. The Road Home accompanies the return from a Day of Reflection.
FORMATION
For those who accompany—and those who create
Resources for holding a Creating Space experience faithfully—and for learning the contemplative work of creating one.
