A Slow Journey Through John

The ⁠ Liminal Spaces Companion Journal ⁠ for daily personal reflection questions and a weekly small group discussion guide. The Liminal Spaces playlist is ⁠⁠available on Spotify⁠⁠ .  4 Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also wept again and said, “Oh that we had meat to eat! 5 We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the m...

The ⁠ Liminal Spaces Companion Journal ⁠ for daily personal reflection questions and a weekly small group discussion guide. The Liminal Spaces playlist is ⁠⁠available on Spotify⁠⁠ .  I am like a desert owl of the wilderness,     like an owl of the waste places; I lie awake;     I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop. ~ Psalm 102:6-7 The Liminal Spaces Series is a contemplative journey through...

The ⁠ Liminal Spaces Companion Journal ⁠ for daily personal reflection questions and a weekly small group discussion guide. The Liminal Spaces playlist is ⁠⁠available on Spotify⁠⁠ .  22 Then Moses had Israel leave the Reed Sea[ a ] and go out into the Shur desert. They traveled for three days in the desert and found no water. 23 When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink Marah’s water because it...

16 As for you, lift up your staff, stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground... 19 Then the angel of God, who was going in front of the Israelite forces, moved and went behind them. The pillar of cloud moved from in front of them and stood behind them. 20 It came between the Egyptian and Israelite forces. There was cloud and darkn...

5 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about the people and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.” 6 So he got his chariot ready and took his troops with him; 7 he took six hundred of the best chariots and all the rest of the chariots of Egypt, with officers in each one. 8 The Lord hardened the heart of...

"A new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt. He said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and powerful than we are. Come, let’s deal shrewdly with them; otherwise, they will multiply further, and when war breaks out, they will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country”. So the Egyptians assigned taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them...

10 Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran. 11 He reached a certain place and spent the night there because the sun had set. He took one of the stones from the place, put it there at his head, and lay down in that place. 12 And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground with its top reaching the sky, and God’s angels were going up and down on it. 13 The Lord was standing there beside him,[ a...

"Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property in it and became fruitful and very numerous...  The Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied and became extremely numerous so that the land was filled with them." ~ Genesis 47:27; Exodus 1:6 The Liminal Spaces Series is a contemplative journey through the Scriptures on the theme of wilder...

The Liminal Spaces Companion Journal for daily personal reflection and weekly small group discussion is now available on our website. "At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness, and he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him." ~ Mark 1:12-13 The Liminal Spaces Series is a contemplative journey through the Scriptures...

The Liminal Spaces Companion Journal for daily personal reflection and weekly small group discussion is now available on our website. "When Pharaoh let the people go, God didn’t lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, even though that was the shorter route. God thought, If the people have to fight and face war, they will run back to Egypt. So God led them in a roundabout way through the w...

The Liminal Spaces Companion Journal for daily personal reflection and weekly small group discussion is now available on our website. “Remember not the former things,    nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing;     now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness     and rivers in the desert." ~ Isaiah 43:18-19 The Liminal Spaces Series...

Liminal Spaces: Introduction Season 2 of The Wild Way Podcast Welcome back to The Wild Way Podcast! After completing our year-long journey through the Gospel of John, we're excited to introduce our next series: A Slow Journey Through Lent: Liminal Spaces. What Is This Series? A seven-week contemplative journey through the season of Lent, beginning Ash Wednesday (February 18) and ending Easter...

WEEK 49.7: Discussion questions below. Show Notes In this final episode of A Slow Journey Through John, Nick and Jamie celebrate completing 345 episodes and reflect on the incredible year-long journey. They share statistics, read heartfelt listener testimonials about transformation and healing, and discuss their own profound takeaways from immersing themselves in John's Gospel for an entire year....

WEEK 49.6: The Prayer of Examen helps us reflect on the week that was in our Slow Journey Through John. SJTJ s a year-long contemplative journey through the Gospel of John. We invite you into Scripture, reflection, and intentional practices to help you pause, listen, and respond to God’s love in transformative ways.  Weekdays are 10-12-minute devotionals to help you abide in the presence of Jesus...

WEEK 49.5: SJTJ s a year-long contemplative journey through the Gospel of John. We invite you into Scripture, reflection, and intentional practices to help you pause, listen, and respond to God’s love in transformative ways.  Weekdays are 10-12-minute devotionals to help you abide in the presence of Jesus and the Word of God, learn by studying the Scriptures, and go with intention to love the worl...

WEEK 49.4: SJTJ s a year-long contemplative journey through the Gospel of John. We invite you into Scripture, reflection, and intentional practices to help you pause, listen, and respond to God’s love in transformative ways.  Weekdays are 10-12-minute devotionals to help you abide in the presence of Jesus and the Word of God, learn by studying the Scriptures, and go with intention to love the worl...

WEEK 49.3: SJTJ s a year-long contemplative journey through the Gospel of John. We invite you into Scripture, reflection, and intentional practices to help you pause, listen, and respond to God’s love in transformative ways.  Weekdays are 10-12-minute devotionals to help you abide in the presence of Jesus and the Word of God, learn by studying the Scriptures, and go with intention to love the worl...

WEEK 49.2: SJTJ s a year-long contemplative journey through the Gospel of John. We invite you into Scripture, reflection, and intentional practices to help you pause, listen, and respond to God’s love in transformative ways.  Weekdays are 10-12-minute devotionals to help you abide in the presence of Jesus and the Word of God, learn by studying the Scriptures, and go with intention to love the worl...

WEEK 49.1: SJTJ s a year-long contemplative journey through the Gospel of John. We invite you into Scripture, reflection, and intentional practices to help you pause, listen, and respond to God’s love in transformative ways.  Weekdays are 10-12-minute devotionals to help you abide in the presence of Jesus and the Word of God, learn by studying the Scriptures, and go with intention to love the worl...

WEEK 48.7: Discussion questions below. Show Notes In this penultimate explore episode, Nick and Jamie examine Jesus's intimate restoration of Peter in John 21:15-25, where Jesus asks "Do you love me?" three times, mirroring Peter's three denials. They dismantle the popular teaching about different Greek words for love (agape vs. phileo), explaining that modern scholarship shows t...

WEEK 48.6: The Prayer of Examen helps us reflect on the week that was in our Slow Journey Through John. SJTJ s a year-long contemplative journey through the Gospel of John. We invite you into Scripture, reflection, and intentional practices to help you pause, listen, and respond to God’s love in transformative ways.  Weekdays are 10-12-minute devotionals to help you abide in the presence of Jesus...

WEEK 48.5: 24  This is the disciple who testifies concerning these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.  25  Jesus did many other things as well. If all of them were recorded, I imagine the world itself wouldn’t have enough room for the scrolls that would be written. SJTJ s a year-long contemplative journey through the Gospel of John. We invite you into Scripture, re...

WEEK 48.4: An imagination prayer based on Peter's encounter with Jesus. SJTJ s a year-long contemplative journey through the Gospel of John. We invite you into Scripture, reflection, and intentional practices to help you pause, listen, and respond to God’s love in transformative ways.  Weekdays are 10-12-minute devotionals to help you abide in the presence of Jesus and the Word of God, learn b...

WEEK 48.3: 18  I assure you that when you were younger you tied your own belt and walked around wherever you wanted. When you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and another will tie your belt and lead you where you don’t want to go.”  19  He said this to show the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. After saying this, Jesus said to Peter, “Follow me.” 20  Peter turned around and...

WEEK 48.2: 15  When they finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” Simon replied, “Yes, Lord, you know I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.”  16  Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Simon replied, “Yes, Lord, you know I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Take care of my sheep.”  17  He asked a third time, “Simo...