Apprenticeship with Jesus: Learning to Live Like the Master

by Gary W. Moon, Dallas Willard (Foreword by)

Overview

Ask a crowd of Christians whether they believe in Jesus as Lord and Savior, and all hands will go up. Ask the same crowd whether they live like Jesus, and most of those same hands will come down. Why is this? Why is it so hard to bridge the gap between belief and real life?

Respected author, professor, and psychologist Gary W. Moon thinks it has to do with our hyper-intellectual but non-experiential method of living the Christian life. In this winsome book Moon provides a thirty-day apprenticeship with Jesus, whereby readers will actively practice being with Jesus day in and day out. Each day's reading uses compelling stories and scripture to illustrate a point and closes with a suggested apprenticeship activity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801068416
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/01/2009
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Gary W. Moon (MDiv, PhD) is Vice President and Chair of Integration at Richmont Graduate University in Atlanta, Georgia. He also serves as the Executive Director of the Renovaré International Institute for Christian Spiritual Formation. His most recent books include Falling for God and Spiritual Direction and the Care of Souls.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 11

Foreword Dallas Willard 13

Introduction: Who Would I Be If Jesus Were Living His Life through Me? 17

Getting Started A "New" Vision for Salvation 27

Day 1 A Case of Theological Malpractice: Salvation Is Also a Life 29

Day 2 Getting Beyond Vampire Christianity: Transformation as Transfusion 36

Day 3 Why Paul Rarely Quoted Jesus: The Great Mystery Revealed 43

Day 4 Becoming Odd for God: The Divine Cultural Exchange Program 50

Meet the Master Reflections on the Keeper of the Mysteries of a New Life 55

Day 5 Desiring to Dance with the Trinity: God as Joy in Motion 57

Day 6 Love Is God's Money: Compassion as the Economy of the Trinity 65

Day 7 Emulating the Master's Creativity: The Joy of Originality 71

Day 8 Tapping into the Force: Christ Incarnate in Me 77

Know Yourself Reflections on Me-Apprentice and Student of the Mysteries 83

Day 9 The Good: I Am Better Than I Think 87

Day 10 The Bad: I Am Worse Than I Can Imagine 93

Day 11 The Ugly: Accepting My Personal Altar 99

Day 12 The Beautiful: A "New" Vision of Me 105

Ways of Being with the Master Living Life "with Jesus" 113

Day 13 Life Is Too Long: When the Journey of Salvation Becomes Mechanical 115

Day 14 Yada, Yada, Yada: Putting Talk about Salvation Back in the Bedroom 122

Day 15 Communion Ain't Supposed to Be Convenient: Being "with Jesus" in the Eucharist 127

Day 16 Baptized into a Whole New Way to Live 133

Day 17 Getting Scripture All the Way through Me 140

Day 18 A "With-God" Approach to Scripture 146

Day 19 Celebration at Fat Matt's: Becoming Lost in Union 153

Day 20 Meditation and Monk Fights:Learning to Celebrate Our Differences 159

Day 21 The Solace of Solitude 165

Day 22 If God Is So Smart, Why Am I Doing All the Talking? 173

Carrying On the Master's Legacy Jesus Living through Me 179

Day 23 Invitation to Join the Guild: Letting Go of Self-Sufficiency 183

Day 24 Trust and Companionship: Another Lesson in Surrender 190

Day 25 Getting through the Rough Spots: The Importance of Dark Nights of the Soul 197

Day 26 Working with the Proper Light: And Letting It Pour In through the Cracks in My Fa&ccidle;ade 203

Day 27 The Need to Slow Down: Hurry Is the Devil 208

Day 28 Eating a Balanced Diet: The Six Streams of Christian Spirituality 216

Day 29 Becoming a Master Craftsman: It's All About the VIM and Vigor 223

Day 30 The Best Way to Apprentice Others: Live the Transformation You Want to See in Them 231

Now What? The Ongoing Mystical Experience of Theology 239

Appendix 243

MS Outlook Screenshots 243

Colossians 3:1-17 NRSV 249

Notes 250