Step 1 - Draw a Journey Map of your life to date.
Find a blank sheet of paper or print the template below. Select a pen, pencil, crayon, marker, or paint brush.
The picture above shows Faith Journey Maps being created. Using it as an example, I notice that my faith and world view have ebbed and flowed since the day I was born, when my world view was narrow and I had blind faith in my Mom! Divide your ‘life to date’ into periods. View these periods through lenses like communities, relationships, and events of different kinds. Create titles to each story and its impact on your faith. The blank Journey Map below links to a Google template you can print and complete, or complete and print.
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE: Events can be about anything. This ‘first quarter’ example highlights communities like school and college.
These ‘second quarter’ events include four births, and a sickness. There are no wrong answers. Use what comes to mind that you don’t mind sharing.
In my ‘third quarter’ there is more about death. This is not surprising to me, and provides comforting reaffirmation of where I believe God is in death.
Lastly, in the latest quarter events that came to mind for me were Grief Counseling and Silent Prayer at church. Completing my Faith Journey Map has been enlightening and helps inform my future. I hope this will be true for you. To see an example of an Innovation Journey Map, click this link.
