Dr. Lee and the Path to Spiritual Formation

Dr. Lee’s professional path has been characterized by a congruence of head and heart, intellect and faith.

As both an educator and pastor, Charlene holds space for the important questions, the ones that allow us to grow and shape our personal relationship to faith. Spiritual formation, as an evolving process, engages the whole person, the seen and the unseen. What could be, how we can seek to deepen, widen, and revise our approach to connect more profoundly, are of primary importance to Dr. Lee.

As a thinker, teacher, and relational leader with a heart for the place of the church in community, her move from education to ministry is a natural progression and expression of her faith. As she assumes her new role as Associate Pastor for Practice and Formation, she is particularly interested in how FPC Dallas, an urban church, participates in and serves the community in which it is rooted. “Is this practice shaping us in ways we intend?” “Are our actions congruent with our theology?” These are the kinds of questions that can allow us to better discern how to act collectively and define our ministry.

For Dr. Lee, spiritual formation means “Gazing upon God who gazes upon me. Thinking about and feeling that God is looking for me, thinking about me, and inviting others to join. God is always waiting for us to look up. It changes how we see the world and God.”