A Place that Feels Like Home

March 9, 2025 - What does it look like to live a life of discipleship with Jesus? Jesus claims us in baptism and trains us to follow him. There are some practices he lays out and lives out in the Gospels that guide us as we join him on mission and teach others to do the same thing.

March 2, 2025 - If Jesus is our rabbi, teacher, and mentor where do we find his classroom and what curriculum does he use to train us to follow him? As we page through the Bible, we see some patterns to where God shows up. We see patterns in how Jesus trains his followers. This gives us a roadmap for finding Jesus' classroom and accessing his curriculum. 

February 23, 2025 - When have you learned something new? How did you learn it and get good at it? 

The odds are you learned how to golf, sew, hunt, or swim with a process that is strikingly similar to how Jesus trained his disciples. As disciples and disciple-makers, we get to follow the same process today. So, what's the process? Tune in and find out.

February 16, 2025 - If a disciple is someone who is claimed and trained by Jesus to follow Jesus as a daily lifestyle and teach others to do the same, what does that look like? A disciple is someone who is an apprentice or intern, someone who is being intentionally mentored. When we are mentored by someone we know, like, and trust, we want to be just like that person. Who has God brought into your life who has been a mentor in the Christian faith? Who has God brought into your life for YOU to mentor in the Christian faith? Hebrews 13:7 reminds us, "Remember your leaders who spoke God’s word to you. Imitate their faith as you consider the way their lives turned out."

February 2, 2025 - What qualifies me to disciple others? What qualifies me to do anything at all? Sometimes we question if we are qualified for something because we feel insecure and uncertain. Yet, as we page through the Bible, it's easy to wonder who God has screening his candidates. He seems to call some of the least likely people - like you and me. God doesn't call us because of our qualifications, but he gives us the needed qualifications, skills, and abilities once he calls us. Or, to put it another way, God doesn't call the qualified but he qualifies the ones he calls.

January 26, 2025 - A disciple is an apprentice or intern, someone who wants to be like their mentor, coach, or teacher. Jesus trained his disciples to do what he did. He trained them as they lived and ate together. They talked, asked questions, observed and practiced living like Jesus. After Jesus went up to heaven, they were sent as Apostles - living and doing what Jesus did.

So, how does that process work today for you and me? Tune in and find out.

January 19, 2025 -Did you know that eating can be part of God's Mission? The Bible lists several "feasts" - times when God's people come together to eat and celebrate God's work. Jesus participated in those feasts. If you read his life story told by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John you see that Jesus liked to get together with people to eat, drink, and be merry. Some of the religious leaders of his time accused him of being a drunk and a glutton. So, what does any of this have to do with God's Mission and being trained for it? Tune in and find out.