THE FINAL THREE Arts of Spiritual Conversations are called Keeping It Going because they help us to maintain ongoing faith-based discussions with a small-group community. We’re building on the relationships we’ve established through consistently practicing the first six Arts and moving into regular conversations about spiritual topics.

To review, the first three practices—Noticing, Praying, Listening—are Getting Ready Arts, with no expectation for you to say anything. The next three Arts, called Getting Started—Asking Questions, Loving, and Welcoming—are interactive Arts to help you initiate a meaningful conversation. These first six Arts can be exercised well with just one other person.

The Arts for Keeping It Going transition from primarily one-on-one spiritual conversations to arts that can keep the conversation fresh on an ongoing basis in one-on-one interactions or in a small-group community. They include the Arts of Facilitating, Serving Together, and Sharing.