Four Intentions
Every Choose Faith experience is built around more than what we discuss. It is also shaped by how we listen and speak. When we gather in circle, we practice four intentions.
Listen from the Heart
Give the person speaking your full presence without preparing a response, offering advice, or attempting to fix them.
Speak from the Heart
Share from your own experience rather than speaking in abstractions or telling someone else what they should do.
Be Spontaneous and Authentic
Release the pressure to deliver the perfect response. Speak honestly about what is present for you in the moment.
Be Lean of Expression
Say what is yours to say, then leave enough room for others to be heard.
These intentions help create a space where people can speak honestly, listen deeply, and encounter one another without performance or judgment.
The Four Intentions of Council are used with gratitude and attribution to the Way of Council as practiced by Illuman.