Practicing the Way of Jesus

 

So many of us want to live in the way of Jesus—pursuing a life that is deeply soulful, connected to our real needs and good news to our world. Yet too often our methods of spiritual formation are individualistic, information driven or disconnected from the details of every day life. If Jesus of Nazareth demonstrated and taught a revolutionary way of love that is actually possible, alive with healing and hope, then we need a path for experiencing that revolution in the details of our daily lives. We may need to rediscover a sense of immediacy and action in our spiritual practices.

This book offers a creative and active approach to spiritual formation that is intensely practical, combining the best contemporary thinking on kingdom spirituality with real life stories of people who have taken risks to practice the way of Jesus together.

“Wow. A beatnik Tolstoy who makes ‘overcoming temptation’ seem like a potentially playful enterprise. This book is full of examples of how a community might embody faith. It’s immensely practical and ... read more
Debbie Blue author of Sensual Orthodoxy and From Stone to Living Word