8 Moves Survey: Forming as You Go

8 Moves Survey: Forming as You Go

This survey supports Glen McWherter’s Doctor of Ministry research on 8 Moves. Your responses help improve the curriculum. All answers are anonymous. Only starred fields are required.
A guided journey through 8 Moves

How to Navigate This Survey

Move at your own pace. This experience is designed to unfold over several days or weeks, not in one sitting.

Follow the sections. Begin at the start and work through the prompts. You can continue to the next section or pause whenever you need to.

Save and return. Select Save and Continue Later and keep your return link. Use it to pick up where you left off.

Stay aware. Notice what you think, feel, discover, and experience as you explore the eight movements. You can revisit earlier reflections as your understanding develops.

Be honest. There are no right answers. The purpose is to become more aware of your spiritual formation, everyday practices, and opportunities to grow and help others grow.
Your name and email address will be used to manage your participation and send occasional reminders to continue the experience.

Your identity will not be published or disclosed in any reports or presentations of the research.

Your responses will be used to explore how people experience spiritual formation through 8 Moves.
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1. In one sentence, how would you define your relationship with God?
What are you seeking at this point in your life?
2. What are you hoping to discover or experience through this journey?
Stage 1: Your Starting Point

Before you begin the 8 Moves experience, take a moment to reflect on where you are now.
3. Spiritual Awareness: How aware are you of how you are being formed spiritually through your relationship with God and your everyday experiences?

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4. Everyday Discipleship: How consistently are you putting your faith into practice in your everyday life?

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5. Developing Others: How confident are you in your ability to help another person grow spiritually?

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6. How often do you currently participate in spiritual practices (prayer, Scripture, solitude, etc.)?
Which of the following best describes your current stage of faith?
7. When you think of spiritual growth, what does it look like to you?
8. How connected do you feel to a spiritual community? (Scale: 1–10)

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On a scale of 1–10, how would you describe your current sense of spiritual clarity and direction?

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9. What currently helps or hinders your spiritual growth? If you can, describe a recent experience.
Describe a recent moment when you felt spiritually alive or disconnected. What triggered it?
What's next?

You can continue to the next section or pause here. To save your progress, select Save and Continue Later and keep your return link. When you’re ready, pick up where you left off. Take your time; this experience is designed to unfold over several weeks.
Stage 2: Early Reflection

Return here after Light, Water, and Land — around Day 15 (These are suggested milestones, not a deadline.) You’ve started moving. This is a chance to notice what’s already shifting.
10. Spiritual Awareness: How aware are you of how you are being formed spiritually through your relationship with God and your everyday experiences?

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11. Everyday Discipleship: How consistently are you putting your faith into practice in your everyday life?

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12. Developing Others: How confident are you in your ability to help another person grow spiritually?

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13. How many days have you actively participated so far?
On a scale of 1–10, how committed have you been to daily participation?

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On a scale of 1–10, how close to God have you felt during this series?

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14. Which Move (Light, Water, or Land) has impacted you most, and why?
15. What practice have you tried, and what effect, if any, has it had on your everyday life?
What has surprised you?
Which quadrant of your life feels most engaged?
16. What resistance or tension have you encountered?
How has this affected your daily life or routine?
17. Have you shared anything from this journey with someone else? What and why?
What image or metaphor from the devotionals has stayed with you, and why?
What's next?

You can continue to the next section or pause here. To save your progress, select Save and Continue Later and keep your return link. When you’re ready, pick up where you left off. Take your time; this experience is designed to unfold over several weeks.
Stage 3: Mid-Journey

Return here after Time, Life, and Work — around Day 30. (These are suggested milestones, not deadlines.) The novelty has worn off. What’s still standing?
18. Spiritual Awareness: How aware are you of how you are being formed spiritually through your relationship with God and your everyday experiences?

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19. Everyday Discipleship: How consistently are you putting your faith into practice in your everyday life?

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20. Developing Others: How confident are you in your ability to help another person grow spiritually?

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21. Which Move — Time, Life, or Work — is hardest for you right now? Why?
Describe a recent moment of clarity or comfort.
22. What new rhythms have quietly become part of your routine?
23. How is your relationship with God different from when you started?
Has your sense of purpose or calling shifted at all? How?
On a scale of 1–10, how connected do you feel to the 8 Moves community?

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24. Has your view of Scripture or creation changed? How?
25. In one sentence, what would you tell someone 8 Moves is about?
What hope are you carrying into the final stretch?
What's next?

You can continue to the next section or pause here. To save your progress, select Save and Continue Later and keep your return link. When you’re ready, pick up where you left off. Take your time; this experience is designed to unfold over several weeks.
Stage 4: Who You’re Becoming

Return here after Rest and Rebirth — Day 40. (These are suggested milestones, not deadlines. They are the deepest questions in the survey. You’ve earned them. Take your time.)
26. Spiritual Awareness: How aware are you of how you are being formed spiritually through your relationship with God and your everyday experiences?

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27. Everyday Discipleship: How consistently are you putting your faith into practice in your everyday life?

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28. Developing Others: How confident are you in your ability to help another person grow spiritually?

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29. On a scale of 1–10, how much spiritual growth have you experienced over these 40 days?

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30. What was the most meaningful breakthrough or insight?
Which Move — Rest or Rebirth — do you want to return to, and why?
31. What practices are you keeping?
32. Has your sense of identity changed? Describe how.
33. How, if at all, has the experience changed the way you engage your mind, strength, heart, and soul?
How are you thinking about the tension between spiritual rhythms and daily life?
34. What are you committing to from here?
If you could write one sentence about what God has done in your life through this, what would it be?
35. Would you recommend 8 Moves to others? Why or why not?
Thank you for participating in Forming as You Go. Your reflections help us better understand how the 8 Moves can support spiritual formation and everyday discipleship. As you finish this experience, take a moment to notice what you’ve discovered, what has changed, and what you want to carry forward. Thank you for sharing your experience and helping develop 8 Moves. When you’re ready, click "Submit."
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8 Moves Survey: Forming as You Go

Stage 1: Your Starting Point

Stage 2: Early Reflection

Stage 3: Mid-Journey

Stage 4: Who You’re Becoming