What is Spiritual Formation?
September 14, 2022
Joining Adam for Season 5 is Micki Ann Harris, the Spiritual Formation Director at the Chattanooga House of Prayer. In this episode, Micki Ann shares how her life experiences led her to Chattanooga and ChattHOP, and she and Adam talk about their Rhythms Retreats and why these spiritual practices are invaluable for Christians.
Although Micki Ann became a Christian as a 9-year-old, she found her calling in ministry when she rededicated her life at 20. After moving across the country several times and serving in many church and ministry roles, Micki Ann helped found the Chattanooga House of Prayer in 2010. Her current role is the culmination of years of growing in intimacy with God and feeling a personal need for the beautiful and life-giving spiritual practices that she teaches to others. These spiritual rhythms are the backbone of the retreats Micki Ann leads at ChattHOP, and although there are various rhythms (as you’ll hear in this season!), the goal of each one is fostering deeper intimacy with God.
Listen in to this episode to find out some of the specific rhythms that Micki Ann and Adam will be discussing this season.
Jump Through the Conversation
[1:19] Introduction to Micki Ann
[6:34] How a difficult season deepened Micki Ann’s intimacy with Christ
[9:56] Micki Ann’s calling and growth in ministry
[14:59] Adam’s observations and encouragement to twenty-somethings
[16:04] The relationship between action and formation
[20:04] Micki Ann’s history with ChattHOP
[23:48] Current role as Spiritual Formation Director
[25:30] The inception of Rhythms at ChattHOP
[29:47] What retreats at ChattHOP look like
[33:30] Some of this season’s topics/rhythms
Silence and solitude
Cultivating intimacy with God
Meditative approach to Scripture
Sabbath
Forms of prayer
Understanding worth of human bodies
Rule of life
[39:11] Why one should attend a ChattHOP retreat
A resource of the Chattanooga House of Prayer