Spiritual Autobiography Outline

Spiritual Autobiography - Jay

• Early Life
  
  
  • death of brother
  • birth of sister
  • trips to grandma's - grandpa snoring loudly in church
  • sharing the oral tradition -
  • story telling
    eating well -
  • all thanksgiving dishes in icebox
  • humility
  
  
• Young Years
  
  
  • College
    
    
    • Kierkegaard
    • Islam - Comparative Study Of Story Of Lot In OT and Qu'ran
    • Existentialism
    • Different Cultures And Races
    
    
  
  
• Themes
  
  
  • Blessings in many ways
    
    
    • Stability - 50 Years Marriages For Parents and Grandparents
    • Education - Overeducated
    • No Hardships
    • Even Misfortunes Are Blessings
      
      
      • myopic
      • gay
      • POZ
      
      
    
    
  
  
• Relations
  
  
  • with Family
  • with Things
  • with Friends/Lovers
  • with Myself
  • with God
  
  
• Play and Leisure
• Work and Productivity
• Health
  
  
  • myopia
  • seropositivity
  • affects of aging
  
  
• Spiritual Journey
  
  
  • Doubt
  • Exploration
  • Dating
    
    
    • Rejection and Apathy
    
    
  • Fear
    
    
    • family strongly evangelical
    • sister born again in college youth movement
    • avoiding father's ministry and mission
    • Worldly Pursuits
      
      
      • difficulty of reconciling gay and Christian doctrine
      • "Intellectual Rejection" Of "Simplistic Thought"
        packaged with political conservatism
      
      
    • Renewal
      
      
      • Meeting A Christian BF
      • Joining Church
        
        
        • education - Bible studies
          fellowship
        • different worship styles and self-expression
        
        
      • Seeking UCC
        
        
        • Catholic church
          
          
          • Ethnically Diverse
          • Theologically Liberal
          
          
        
        
      
      
    • spiritual needs not all met in one place
    
    
    • lectures - Spong
    • BSF
    
    
    • fundamentalist, literalist
    • Lecturer Ex's Cousin And Federal Magistrate
    • St Paul's
    
    
    • cursillo - renewal movement
    • strong apostolic pentecostal feel
    • finding my ministry
      
      
      • Hispanic Ministry
      • Lectoring - Spoken Word
      • Mission Work
        
        
        • Mexico missions with Dad (Reynosa, Nuevo Progreso, Monterrey NL)
          
        • Work
        • Fellowship
        • Evangelism
        • Worship
        
        
      
      
    • Retreats
      
      
      • Prince of Peace Benedictine Abbey Oceanside
        
        
        • Roman Catholic Retreatants