A Slow Journey Through John

WEEK 40.7 Discussion questions below. DONATE TO THE WILD WAY⁠ .   Your support helps us create spiritual formation and discipleship resources that help people be formed in the image of Christ for the sake of others.  Episode Summary In this Week 40 explore episode, Jamie leads the discussion fresh from a theology and culture residency in Fredericton, New Brunswick. She and Nick complete their stud...

WEEK 40.6: 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 40.5: An imagination prayer based on John 17. 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...

WEEK 40.4: 24  “Father, I want those you gave me to be with me where I am. Then they can see my glory, which you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world. 25  “Righteous Father, even the world didn’t know you, but I’ve known you, and these believers know that you sent me.  26  I’ve made your name known to them and will continue to make it known so that your love for me will be...

WEEK 40.3: 20  “I’m not praying only for them but also for those who believe in me because of their word.  21  I pray they will be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. I pray that they also will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.  22  I’ve given them the glory that you gave me so that they can be one just as we are one.  23  I’m in them and you are in me so t...

WEEK 40.2: 17  Make them holy in the truth; your word is truth.  18  As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.  19  I made myself holy on their behalf so that they also would be made holy in the truth. 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 respo...

WEEK 40.1: 13  Now I’m coming to you and I say these things while I’m in the world so that they can share completely in my joy.  14  I gave your word to them and the world hated them, because they don’t belong to this world, just as I don’t belong to this world.  15  I’m not asking that you take them out of this world but that you keep them safe from the evil one.  16  They don’t belong to this wo...

WEEK 39.7: Discussion questions below. Episode Summary In this Week 39 explore episode, Jamie leads an exploration with Nick into the first part of Jesus' priestly prayer in John 17:1-12, revealing how it follows the template of the Lord's Prayer Jesus taught his disciples. They explore the profound meaning of "hallowed be your name" (asking God to glorify himself rather than us...

WEEK 39.6: 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 39.5: 9  “I’m praying for them. I’m not praying for the world but for those you gave me, because they are yours. 10  Everything that is mine is yours and everything that is yours is mine; I have been glorified in them.  11  I’m no longer in the world, but they are in the world, even as I’m coming to you. Holy Father, watch over them in your name, the name you gave me, that they will be one ju...

NOTE: there was a Stellar's Jay outside the window demanding a peanut while recording this. You will hear him throughout the meditation. WEEK 39.4: 6  “I have revealed your name to the people you gave me from this world. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.  7  Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you.  8  This is because I gave them the word...

WEEK 39.3: 1  When Jesus finished saying these things, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that the Son can glorify you.  2  You gave him authority over everyone so that he could give eternal life to everyone you gave him.  3  This is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you sent.  4  I have glorified you on earth by fini...

WEEK 39.2: Jesus said, "I’ve said these things to you so that you will have peace in me." Enjoy this imagination prayer based on some of things he said. 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-min...

WEEK 39.1: 33  I’ve said these things to you so that you will have peace in me. In the world you have distress. But be encouraged! I have conquered the world.” 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...

WEEK 38.7 Discussion questions below. Episode Summary In this Week 38 explore episode, Nick and Jamie tackle the final section of Jesus's teaching in John 16:4b-33, before he transitions to prayer in chapter 17. They explore Jesus's shocking claim that "it's better for you that I go away," unpack the Holy Spirit's dual role in convicting the world and guiding believers in...

WEEK 38.6: 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 38.5: 29  His disciples said, “See! Now you speak plainly; you aren’t using figures of speech.  30  Now we know that you know everything and you don’t need anyone to ask you. Because of this we believe you have come from God.” 31  Jesus replied, “Now you believe?  32  Look! A time is coming—and is here!—when each of you will be scattered to your own homes and you will leave me alone. I’m not...

WEEK 38.4: 23  In that day, you won’t ask me anything. I assure you that the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.  24  Up to now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask and you will receive so that your joy will be complete. 25  “I’ve been using figures of speech with you. The time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in such analogies. Instead, I will tell you plainly about t...

WEEK 38.3: 16  Soon you won’t be able to see me; soon after that, you will see me. 17  Some of Jesus’ disciples said to each other, “What does he mean: ‘Soon you won’t see me, and soon after that you will see me’ and ‘Because I’m going to the Father’?  18  What does he mean by ‘soon’? We don’t understand what he’s talking about.” 19  Jesus knew they wanted to ask him, so he said, “Are you trying t...

WEEK 38.2: 12  “I have much more to say to you, but you can’t handle it now.  13  However, when the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you in all truth. He won’t speak on his own, but will say whatever he hears and will proclaim to you what is to come.  14  He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and proclaim it to you.  15  Everything that the Father has is mine. That’s why I said...

WEEK 38.1: 8  When he comes, he will show the world it was wrong about sin, righteousness, and judgment.  9  He will show the world it was wrong about sin because they don’t believe in me.  10  He will show the world it was wrong about righteousness because I’m going to the Father and you won’t see me anymore.  11  He will show the world it was wrong about judgment because this world’s ruler stand...

WEEK 37.7 Discussion questions below. Episode Summary In this Week 37 Explore episode, Nick and Jamie tackle John 15:16 through 16:4a, where Jesus transitions from friendship with disciples to their mission and purpose in the world. They explore what "fruit that lasts" really means (spoiler: it's acts of love, not just evangelism), confront Jesus' sobering promise that following...

WEEK 37.6: 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 37.5: “I didn’t say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.  5  But now I go away to the one who sent me. None of you ask me, ‘Where are you going?’  6  Yet because I have said these things to you, you are filled with sorrow.  7  I assure you that it is better for you that I go away. If I don’t go away, the Companion won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to y...

WEEK 37.4: 1  I have said these things to you so that you won’t fall away.  2  They will expel you from the synagogue. The time is coming when those who kill you will think that they are doing a service to God.  3  They will do these things because they don’t know the Father or me.  4  But I have said these things to you so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them....