Episode 02: Be with Jesus

In this bonus episode, we're wrapping up our series called "Spiritual Cartography" featuring cutting room floor content from the Practicing the Way book. Today, John Mark explores the three critical shifts that define our journey of discipleship: from fear to trust, from despair to hope, and from self-focus to love. He unpacks how faith, hope, and love—the theological virtues—aren't just feelings but settled conditions of the heart that develop over years of following Jesus, showing us how transformation moves us from the prison of anxiety and the egoic operating system into the freedom of radical trust, joyful expectation, and genuine love for others.Subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date on future episodes.To learn more about the book, visit www.practicingtheway.org/book.To learn more about Practicing the Way, visit www.practicingtheway.org.

In this bonus episode, we're continuing our series called "Spiritual Cartography" featuring cutting room floor content from the Practicing the Way book. Today, John Mark explores the concept of the "two halves of life"—a framework for understanding how our spiritual journey changes as we age. He unpacks the distinct tasks, temptations, and invitations of each season — from the energy and identity formation of youth, through the exhaustion and disillusionment of midlife, to the acceptance and generosity of our later years — showing us how faithfulness looks different at each stage and why the key to maturity is embracing the life we actually have, not the one we wish we had.Subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date on future episodes.To learn more about the book, visit www.practicingtheway.org/book.To learn more about Practicing the Way, visit www.practicingtheway.org.

In this bonus episode, we're starting a series called "Spiritual Cartography" featuring cutting room floor content from the Practicing the Way book. Today, John Mark explores why mapping our spiritual journey matters and introduces a framework for understanding the four layers of sin we encounter on the path to spiritual maturity: gross sins, conscious sins, unconscious sins, and attachments. He explains how each layer requires deeper surrender and how suffering becomes the primary means by which we are freed from our deepest attachments.Subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date on future episodes.To learn more about the book, visit www.practicingtheway.org/book. To learn more about Practicing the Way, visit www.practicingtheway.org.

In this bonus episode from the Practicing the Way podcast, John Mark sits down with author Andy Crouch to discuss building a communal Rule of Life, the myth of “accidental saints”, and the three threats to following the way of Jesus in our modern era: liquidity, the algorithm, and media.  Subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date on future episodes. To learn more about the book, visit www.practicingtheway.org/book. To begin building your Rule of Life, go to www.practicingtheway.org/ruleoflifebuilder.

In Episode 05 of the Practicing the Way podcast, John Mark and Tyler Staton provide the framework for approaching a Rule of Life not as practices to control our spiritual growth, but as a way to intentionally present ourselves to the Spirit and open our lives to his work.This podcast accompanies the book Practicing the Way. Subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date on future episodes. To learn more about the book, visit https://www.practicingtheway.org/book. To begin building your personalized Rule of Life, go to https://www.practicingtheway.org/ruleoflifebuilder.

In Episode 04 of season 1 of the Practicing the Way podcast, John Mark and Tyler Staton explore how to approach everyday moments with the same power and perspective that guided Jesus. As we create space for the Spirit to form us, we increasingly respond as Jesus would within our unique vocations, relationships, and life situations.This podcast accompanies the book Practicing the Way. Subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date on future episodes. To learn more about the book, visit www.practicingtheway.org/book. To begin building your personalized Rule of Life, go to www.practicingtheway.org/ruleoflifebuilder.

In Episode 03 of the Practicing the Way podcast, John Mark Comer and Tyler Staton argue that every person is a product of spiritual formation, regardless of what they believe, and describe ways to present ourselves to God to be counter-formed in the Way of Jesus.This podcast accompanies the book Practicing the Way. Subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date on future episodes. To learn more about the book, visit www.practicingtheway.org/book. To begin building your personalized Rule of Life, go to www.practicingtheway.org/ruleoflifebuilder.

In Episode 02: Be with Jesus, John Mark Comer and Tyler Staton discuss the ways seemingly abstract spiritual realities — such as abiding in Jesus and following him — are lived out in everyday life and how to consciously commune with Jesus in a culture that seeks to curate our attention.This podcast accompanies the book Practicing the Way. Subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date on future episodes. To learn more about the book, visit www.practicingtheway.org/book. To begin building your personalized Rule of Life, go to www.practicingtheway.org/ruleoflifebuilder.

In Episode 01: Apprentice to Jesus, John Mark Comer and Tyler Staton define what it means to be an apprentice of Jesus in contrast to current understandings of the term “Christian” in Western culture, why apprenticeship is so desperately needed, and the myth of radical individualism.This podcast accompanies the book Practicing the Way. Subscribe to the podcast to stay up to date on future episodes. To learn more about the book, visit www.practicingtheway.org/book. To begin building your personalized Rule of Life, go to www.practicingtheway.org/ruleoflifebuilder.