Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 13

Part 1 Losing Our Way

1 Recovering Your Life: We've Lost the Way That Leads to Life 17

Part 2 Walking in the Way

2 The Rhythm of Jesus: Living a Life That Sustains 33

3 The Way Jesus "Did" His Life: Exploring His Way as Our Way 53

Part 3 Finding the Way

4 The Way of Dailiness: Living the Jesus Life Every Day 67

5 The Way of Hiddenness: Choosing Obscurity to Cultivate Life 85

6 The Way of Family: Living the Life with Our Family and Those Closest to Us 107

7 The Way of Companionship: Cultivating Friendships in Reality and Truth 125

8 The Way of the Table: Savoring a Sacred Mystery 143

9 The Way of Doing Good: Extending Life to Others 163

10 The Way of Ritual: Creating Signposts as We Journey through Life 181

11 The Way of Suffering: Understanding the Role of Pain and Suffering 197

Part 4 Living the Life

12 A Good Life: Learning to Wear the Easy Yoke of Jesus 221

Table: Jewish Feasts and Festivals in the Old Testament 232

Discussion Guide 233

Notes 247