Practicing the Way of Jesus

Solitude

In an increasingly distracted and noisy world, we need solitude more than ever. The practice of solitude mimics Jesus’ rhythm of retreat and return: retreat from people and distractions to be with God, in order to return to community in love and service.

12 November 2023

Solitude’s highest purpose is found by opening ourselves to God’s personal voice and enjoying his love.

5 November 2023: Session 3 - Encounter with our enemy

Solitude  helps quiet us so we can hear spiritual truth and fight against he enemies of our soul.

15 October 2023: Session 1 - The Quiet Place

Solitude helps us break free from noise and distractions to help us be in the presence of God.

29 October 2023: Session 2 - Encounter with our self

Through solitude, we face emotions that live below the surface of our lives and bring them to God.

Fasting

Fasting is one of the most essential and powerful of all the practices of Jesus and, arguably, the single most neglected one in the modern, Western church. The Fasting Practice will train you in this ancient discipline, integrating your whole body into life with God.

20 August 2023: Session 1 - To Offer Ourselves to God

Fasting is one of the best disciplines we have to offer our whole selves to God in surrender.

27 August 2023: Session 2 - To Grow in Holiness

Fasting has many physical benefits for our bodies that mirror how it benefits our souls. 

3 September 2023: Session 3  - To Amplify Our Prayers

When we combine prayer with fasting, it’s like a chemical reaction that amplifies our prayer.

10 September 2023: Session 4 - Standing with the Poor

Fasting is not only about ourselves: It’s also a vehicle for biblical justice, for remembering the needs of our neighbors near and far. For acting on those needs, standing against evil while standing for God’s kingdom.

Sabbath

The Sabbath is a twenty-four hour time period set aside to stop, rest, delight, and worship. It is the best day of the week. In our era of chronic exhaustion, emotional unhealth, and spiritual stagnation, few things are more necessary than the recovery of this ancient practice.

21 May 2023: Stop

God built a rhythm of rest into the fabric of creation. When we live in alignment with this ancient rhythm, we find peace and joy, but when we fight it, we fracture our souls. 

28 May 2023: Rest

Sabbath isn’t just a day off to take a long nap — it’s a form of resistance that requires us to fight powerful forces that war against Sabbath spirituality

11 June 2023: Delight

Sabbath is a full day set aside to celebrate our life with God in his world, and it is designed to be done in community — a life-giving day of delight 

18 June 2023: Worship

Sabbath isn’t just a day to stop, rest, and throw a feast in community — it’s a holy day set apart and dedicated to God himself. 

Prayer

The Prayer Practice will help you learn to set aside dedicated time to intentionally be with God, in order to become like him and partner with him in the world.

25 June 2023: Prayer 1- Talking to  God

As we learn the pragmatics of prayer, we’ll begin habituating and fine-tuning a daily prayer rhythm.

23 July 2023: Prayer 2 - Talking with God

In prayer, we bring our pain, hopes, joys, and fears to God in a personalized way.

30 July 2023: Listening to God

Prayer is not just when we talk but when we listen to hear his voice.

6 August 2023: Being with God

Learn about the type of prayer that goes beyond words to simple loving presence, or what the ancient Christians called “union” with God.