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Sep 2022
50m 31s

The Three Ways | Naming Your Stage of Ap...

Practicing the Way
About this episode

Do you feel stuck in your apprenticeship to Jesus? Drawing from the wisdom of followers of Jesus throughout church history, John Mark discusses how identifying landmarks on the journey of our apprenticeship to Jesus can help us get unstuck. This week, he talks about one ancient journey paradigm called The Three Ways to show how the purpose of our spiritual formation is becoming people of love and presence.


Key Scripture Passages: Luke 9v57-62; 1 Corinthians 13v11; Hebrews 5v12-14


Recommended Resources for this practice:

https://practicingthewayarchives.org/practices/naming

Invitation to a Journey, Robert Mulholland

Sacred Fire, Ronald Rolheiser

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