Session 01: Following Jesus
Session 01 of the Practicing the Way Course explores Jesus’ universal invitation to follow him. The meaning of “follow Jesus” is rooted in 1st-century practices of rabbis and apprentices, practices that inform our understanding of how to follow Jesus today.
Session 02: Formation Part 01
Session 02 of the Practicing the Way Course explores the reality that all of us are already being formed — by our habits, relationships, the stories we believe, and our environment.
Session 03: Formation Part 02
Session 03 of the Practicing the Way Course continues an introductory look at intentional formation. To become more like Jesus, we need a training program, a reliable pathway to transformation. We find this in the Way of Jesus.
Session 04: The Practices
Session 04 of the Practicing the Way Course explores the part we play in our spiritual formation. Learn how the practices of Jesus and his earliest followers — behaviors and routines that are within our power to emulate — can create space for God to do what only he can: change us at the deepest level.
Session 05: Meeting God in Pain and Suffering
Session 05 of the Practicing the Way Course identifies how practicing the Way of Jesus can expose pain as our soul begins to process and discharge suffering. This session explores the three primary ways people deal with pain (deny, detach, or drug), how unhealed pain sabotages transformation, and how God can meet us in pain to bring lasting change.
Session 06: Healing From Sin
Session 06 of the Practicing the Way Course covers three dimensions of sin: sin done by us, sin done to us, and sin done around us. It also explores four layers of sin we move through in our healing: gross sins, conscious sins, unconscious sins, and attachments. Finally, the session covers our part in healing — the practice of confession.
Session 07: Crafting a Rule of Life
Session 07 of the Practicing the Way Course makes the case that transformation is possible, but not inevitable. Learn how to build an intentional plan, or what the early Christians called a “Rule of Life”: a schedule and a set of practices and relational rhythms that create space for us to be with Jesus, become like him, and do as he did.
Session 08: Life Together
Session 08 of the Practicing the Way Course zeroes in on a final critical truth: You are meant to follow Jesus in community. Learn how to cultivate a community of depth, vulnerability, and commitment to transformation.