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Spiritual Formation Resources

Resources for formation

If you want to dig deeper into spiritual formation with your Small Group, take a look at the helpful resources below.

Spiritual Exercises

Lectio Divina - A practical guide to Lectio Divine or 'Divine Reading'

Examen - A guide to the daily Examen, including practical videos

Spiritual practices - Helpful spiritual practices from the Vineyard Movement

Lectio 365 - Download this app for daily prayer guides

Pray As You Go - A daily prayer session to help you pray whenever you find time.

Rule of Life

Rule of Life Webinars - Trent Small Group webinars and reflection resources

Rule of Life Builder - This interactive tool is designed to help craft a set of habits and rhythms patterned after Jesus, from Practicing the Way

Spiritual Rhythms

Rhythms of Grace - A clip from a talk given by our Founding Pastor, John Wright, from June 2019

Rhythms of Grace Booklet - A resource to go alongside the above talk on rhythms of grace

Rhythms of Life - A clip from a talk given by Andy Stanley, leader of North Point Community Church

Rhythms of Life Booklet - A resource to accompany the above talk from Andy Stanley

Spiritual Practices Resource - A helpful resource with key links and a practical tool to help you with your daily, monthly and yearly spiritual practices

Trent Daily Devotionals

Devotionals - Find helpful devotionals on a variety of topics, from the books of Acts to how we live out our faith in our work

VCUKI Videos

Abide and Bear Fruit (2 mins) - Christian teacher and writer, John Mark Comer, talks about the role of maintaining spiritual rhythms in helping us to keep in step with the Spirit.

Rule of Life: How to Abide (3 mins) - John Mark Comer explains the ancient term 'rule of life', unpacking what it looks like to create your own.

How to Un-hurry Your Life (3 mins) - John Mark Comer talks about the practises of Silence & Solitude and Sabbath & Slowing.

Thriving Not Surviving - Listen to this talk given by John Wright at the Vineyard Leaders' Gathering in 2017

Leading from a Place of Rest - A talk from John Wright, given at the 2018 Vineyard Leaders' Gathering