"Come, and follow me."
Two thousand years ago, Jesus said to his disciples, “follow me.” But what does it mean for us to follow Jesus today? How can we adopt not just the teaching but the practices from Jesus’ own life? Practicing the Way, a non-profit founded by John Mark Comer, teaches us how we can open up our entire being to God and allow him to transform us into people of love.
In 2025, our City Groups will learn to practice the way of Jesus together.
In the first eight weeks of the new year, our church is taking the Practicing the Way Course in each of our City Groups. You can find a schedule for these sessions below.
We are also offering the Practicing the Way Course Companion Guide at a discounted rate until December 1, 2024. If you'd like to order your copy, fill out the form below.
How to Get Started
Practicing the Way has a lot of resources to help you on your spiritual journey, so here is our recommended pathway for learning about spiritual formation.
Step 1: Take the Spiritual Health Reflection
The Spiritual Health Reflection is designed to help you gauge your inner life with God and name Jesus’ invitations to you — not just once, but over time, as you track your formation journey. This tool is free and is a companion tool to the Practicing the Way Course.
Step 2: Take the Course
The Practicing the Way Course is made up of eight interactive sessions designed to lay the foundation for a lifelong journey with Jesus. The Course includes instructions on crafting your own Rule of Life to help you slow down, enjoy God, and become a person of love.
Step 3: Practice
Practicing the Way offers four-week guides for each of their nine core practices that can help you form a Rule of Life for the modern era. Each session includes teaching, guided discussion, a free workbook with prompt questions, and exercises to integrate the practices into daily life. These lessons would be excellent for you to do on your own, in your family, with a friend, in your DNA group, or in your whole City Group.
Step 4: Rule of Life Builder
Wherever you are in your discipleship journey, Practicing the Way created a tool help you craft a set of habits and rhythms patterned after Jesus. It allows you to drag and drop spiritual disciplines, relational rhythms, and customized habits into a personal plan of daily, weekly, and monthly practices designed for your individual makeup and stage of life.
In Critique and Defense of John Mark Comer
Pastor Mike wrote a thoughtful essay on John Mark Comer's ministry, which has both unhelpful aspects as well as rich, meaningful value for our apprenticeship to Jesus.