The First Battle of Discipleship

The life of jesus unmistakably tells us that there is no version of being with jesus that doesn't come with others as well. A solo spiritual journey is a modern invention, and i understand that. The iphone has given me accessibility to so many things that weren't there before, but it's also made me entirely helpless if the battery ever dies. In sebastian younger's fascinating, tiny little book, tribe, he makes the case that society is producing individuals who are surrounded by strangers all day long. And for the first time in history, urban western societies encounter people all throughout the day who are not neighbors to us,. He goes on to make