I have absolutely loved this series! So much so that I read the book and created a 6 page summary of the practices as I discern how to introduce "The Little Way" into the life of our church. I sent a couple emails trying to get in touch ... below is what I sent and asked. I'd love to hear from you!
"Good afternoon Dr. Beck! I recently discovered your Experimental Theology Substack and the series "Practicing Jesus". After reading the posts, I immediately ordered Stranger God and read the entire book today! Your book and description about The Little Way deeply resonates with me, as my journey has led me to much learning recently about the intersection of faith and neuroscience, including the brain's deep need for gratitude and joy. I have struggled to figure out how to put some of these things into practice, but in reading your book I have a path forward, and I am so appreciative.
I am committing to putting this into practice for myself, as well as inviting a few people to join me. As I consider how to get this into the life of our church, do you have any suggestions or resources (besides the book of course) for teaching a workshop/class about this practice? Thanks so for your time and bless you for your work ... it has blessed me greatly!"
Just want to take a moment to thank you for this series. It coalesced a whole bunch of things I have been thinking about, and you took the very real problem of formation and boiled it down to something eminently practical, in a way that makes clear what it might look like to have concrete daily practices that instantiate following Jesus in the everyday.
So often in our modern days this kind of talk is about making changes that benefit us in our careers, our relationships, and personal habits that make us live longer or look better. They are practices used for "me." Utilizing these practical approaches to build our character, building these fruits of the spirit in order to be Christlike is a great roadmap! Thank you.
This is good... applying typical goal-setting things like “break the goal down into smaller parts” never made sense to me to work on things like character traits, or relationships, or anything else that wasn’t a concrete goal like “build a pond” or “get an A on the test.” This way isn’t linear, and is situational and in-the-moment, and does seem to make sense for dealing with relationships that are difficult for me. Thanks!
I have absolutely loved this series! So much so that I read the book and created a 6 page summary of the practices as I discern how to introduce "The Little Way" into the life of our church. I sent a couple emails trying to get in touch ... below is what I sent and asked. I'd love to hear from you!
"Good afternoon Dr. Beck! I recently discovered your Experimental Theology Substack and the series "Practicing Jesus". After reading the posts, I immediately ordered Stranger God and read the entire book today! Your book and description about The Little Way deeply resonates with me, as my journey has led me to much learning recently about the intersection of faith and neuroscience, including the brain's deep need for gratitude and joy. I have struggled to figure out how to put some of these things into practice, but in reading your book I have a path forward, and I am so appreciative.
I am committing to putting this into practice for myself, as well as inviting a few people to join me. As I consider how to get this into the life of our church, do you have any suggestions or resources (besides the book of course) for teaching a workshop/class about this practice? Thanks so for your time and bless you for your work ... it has blessed me greatly!"
Just want to take a moment to thank you for this series. It coalesced a whole bunch of things I have been thinking about, and you took the very real problem of formation and boiled it down to something eminently practical, in a way that makes clear what it might look like to have concrete daily practices that instantiate following Jesus in the everyday.
So often in our modern days this kind of talk is about making changes that benefit us in our careers, our relationships, and personal habits that make us live longer or look better. They are practices used for "me." Utilizing these practical approaches to build our character, building these fruits of the spirit in order to be Christlike is a great roadmap! Thank you.
This is good... applying typical goal-setting things like “break the goal down into smaller parts” never made sense to me to work on things like character traits, or relationships, or anything else that wasn’t a concrete goal like “build a pond” or “get an A on the test.” This way isn’t linear, and is situational and in-the-moment, and does seem to make sense for dealing with relationships that are difficult for me. Thanks!