Discipleship Apprenticeship

"Copy me, my brothers, as I copy Christ himself." 1 Corinthians 11:1

Really, this is the exact definition of the generational process we now call "discipleship": to, as closely as possible, imitate and take on the way another person intimately interacts with, imitates and personally follows Jesus. This has been an important thought for our community for years, so let's start off the New Year by saying again: Discipleship is not knowledge-about; it is not knowing-all-the-right-answers; discipleship is the literal process of literally, demonstrably following Jesus of Nazareth. And one of the best ways of doing that is to copy another - to apprentice yourself to another - who is literally, demonstrably doing that already.

Again, as Paul says it: "Copy me... as I copy Christ himself."

Which raises a pair of good New Year's looking-forward-and-looking-back questions to consider: 

Who, personally, are you learning the Way from?

And:

Who, right now, are you leading along that Way?

Happy New Year, my friends! May it be a rich one in Him!