Most of us did a lot of growing while growing up.  As the months and years passed we became stronger, faster, and more agile.  Each year in school we learned new things.  We became smarter, wiser, and understood new concepts and ideas.  Some of us played sports and, as we practiced, we became better, more accurate, more skilled.  And our growth continued into early adulthood as we pursued education, started developing careers, and found ourselves in new situations living away from home, and then with new responsibilities in relationships, often in marriage and raising children.  In all of these things we learn and grow, we mature and develop, even though we may not even think about it. 

In a similar way, when we are young christians, we often experience a lot of spiritual growth.  It's just happens -- we're learning lots of new ideas, concepts, and habits of life.  We have new relationships and activities.  We take classes and seminars we've never taken before, read the Bible that we've never read before, hear sermons about things we've never heard before. 

But in all of our lives, spiritual and otherwise, growth slows down after a while.  It doesn't just happen partly because we aren't in situations where it naturally happens.  So, if we want to keep growing, if we want to mature, we need to put ourselves in places where growth naturally happens.  The Urban Institute is one of those places.  It is for people who have a deep desire to grow and mature spiritually, for people who don't want to be in the same place doing the same thing 5 or 10 years from now.  It is for people who want to experience more of God and develop life habits that will help to continue to experience more of God.  It's an incredible place to experience our God who comes to those who seek Him with all their heart.

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