What is a spiritual autobiography?
While we are whole beings and our internal and external journeys are intertwined, what we are asking you to focus on is your internal journey: trace the path from your upbringing to the present, focusing on your spiritual journey, the highs, the lows, your parents, your family, your relationships with people and with the Lord, your sin and brokenness, and the grace of God.
Your Commitment:
As you share your story, it is understood and assumed that, along with the joys, blessings, and the presence of God’s grace, you will also have a measure of sorrow, sin, and brokenness to share. Therefore, it is essential that you prayerfully discern both how and how much God would have you share of your story, and yet you should ensure that you are being open and honest with yourself and the diocesan leadership.
Our Commitment:
- Safety: our diocese is to be a safe place in which you can share your weaknesses, sin, and brokenness without fear of condemnation, judgment, or rejection; and a place where the grace, love, and compassion of God abound.
- Confidentiality: what you share will be held in confidence and only be seen by persons involved in your ordination process and approval.
You may use this Word document to write your answers to the questions below. Some answers will, of course, require lengthier answers, but the document will expand to accommodate each response.
Note: The responses must be your own; please do not use AI-based mechanisms to fashion your responses.