Spiritual Formation
FICKLE
The Pasadena INSIGHT Program has named its spiritual formation component FICKLE. It stands for Focused Internal Calibration of Knowledge Life and Everything.
We are fully connected beings. While various components of our spiritual life may lead at different times, it is a false dichotomy to completely separate the spiritual from the intellectual or the spiritual from the secular (we often talk in terms of head, heart and hands.) Therefore FICKLE is not intended to be an “added spiritual component” to a secular academic program. Instead, FICKLE serves as a focused time for students to integrate the totality of what God is doing in the INSIGHT program into reality and lifestyle.
Weekly large group and small group times give students a chance to reflect on what God is teaching them through the curriculum, program and their experience. Knowledge should naturally transform oneself and offer new chances at greater obedience. FICKLE enables students to use their new knowledge about God to affect their relationship with God.
Mentorship
Interaction with wise believers is beneficial for discipleship and growth. Therefore, the Pasadena INSIGHT program strongly suggests that students accept a personal mentor during their year of study. INSIGHT staff will work with students to find the best fit in a mentor among the U.S. Center for World Mission (USCWM) staff.
The USCWM staff has decades of experience in the missions enterprise and many have served overseas. Students in relationship with godly mentors receive the benefit of loving and wise counsel from those who have experienced many challenges in their own life-journey with Christ. Mentors offer their time and their lives to seeing students grow and provide them with opportunities to share struggles and concerns.