Every adult needs other people
Using and building relationships is an essential part of all faith forming experiences:
- Adults have the same attachment needs as children
- This is a biological need for love and companionship.
- This need does not decrease in life
- To be healthy we need to be attached, emotionally expressive, and open to support from others.
- The non-dependent, detached, "strong" personality is a myth.
Building a Discipling Culture
There is much to learn from Jesus' focus on just twelve people. This same call comes to us so that we too journey with Jesus in learning to make disciples:
- Jesus' primary call is to repent and follow him - which includes both invitation and challenge.
- Following Jesus leads to a deeper relationship with God, within the Christian community, and to all people.
- We need to learn the rhythm of rest and work for daily, weekly, and annually and that it centers on "work from our rest" rather than rest from our work.
- Jesus discipled by being directive to coaching to bulding consensus to delegating.
- Ephesians 4 lifts up fivefold ministries to which all are called.
- Praying was an essential part of Jesus' life, modeling and teaching.
- Spiritual life is an integrated, ongoing, living being.
- Discipleship leads us to connect richly, deeply and intentionally with all people.