A Slow Journey Through John

WEEK 30.3: 27  “Now  I am deeply troubled.  What should I say? ‘Father, save me from this time’? No, for this is the reason I have come to this time.  28  Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” 29  The crowd standing there heard and said, “It’s thunder.” Others said, “An angel spoke to him.” 30  Jesus replied, “This voice wasn...

WEEK 30.2: 24  I assure you that unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it can only be a single seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.  25  Those who love their lives will lose them, and those who hate their lives in this world will keep them forever.  26  Whoever serves me must follow me. Wherever I am, there my servant will also be. My Father will honor whoever serves me. DON...

WEEK 30.1: 20  Some Greeks were among those who had come up to worship at the festival.  21  They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and made a request: “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”  22  Philip told Andrew, and Andrew and Philip told Jesus. 23  Jesus replied, “The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.  DONATE TO THE WILD WAY⁠ .   Your support helps us create spiritual f...

WEEK 29.7 Discussion questions below. Episode Summary In this Week 29 Explore episode, Nick and Jamie enter Jesus' final week with John 12. They examine the banquet at Bethany where Martha serves and Mary performs her extravagant anointing of Jesus, leading to a rich discussion about activist versus contemplative worship styles and the dangers of prescriptive worship leadership. The episode th...

WEEK 29.6: The Prayer of Examen helps us reflect on the week that was in our Slow Journey Through John. 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.  SJTJ s a year-long contemplative journey through the Gospel of John. We invite you into Scripture, reflection, and in...

WEEK 29.5: 16  His disciples didn’t understand these things at first. After he was glorified, they remembered that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him. 17  The crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were testifying about him.  18  That’s why the crowd came to meet him, because they had heard abo...

WEEK 29.4: 12  The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.  13  They took palm branches and went out to meet him. They shouted, “Hosanna! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord!     Blessings on the king of Israel!” 14  Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, 15  Don’t be afraid, Daughter Zion.      ...

WEEK 29.3: 4  Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), complained,  5  “This perfume was worth a year’s wages![ b ] Why wasn’t it sold and the money given to the poor?” ( 6  He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He carried the money bag and would take what was in it.) 7  Then Jesus said, “Leave her alone. This perfume was to...

WEEK 29.2: 1  Six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, home of Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.  2  Lazarus and his sisters hosted a dinner for him. Martha served and Lazarus was among those who joined him at the table.  3  Then Mary took an extraordinary amount, almost three-quarters of a pound, of very expensive perfume made of pure nard. She anointed Jesus’ feet with it, th...

WEEK 29.1: an imagination prayer based on John 12:1-7. 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.  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, an...

WEEK 28.7: Discussion questions below. Episode Summary In this Week 28 explore episode, Nick and Jamie examine the powerful conclusion of John 11, focusing on Jesus's emotional response to grief, the miracle of raising Lazarus, and the deadly plot that follows. They explore the profound humanity of Christ as he weeps alongside mourners, discuss the "jacket analogy" for growing in fai...

WEEK 28.6: The Prayer of Examen helps us reflect on the week that was in our Slow Journey Through John. 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.  SJTJ s a year-long contemplative journey through the Gospel of John. We invite you into Scripture, reflection, and in...

WEEK 28.5: 53  From that day on they plotted to kill him. 54  Therefore, Jesus was no longer active in public ministry among the Jewish leaders. Instead, he left Jerusalem and went to a place near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples. 55  It was almost time for the Jewish Passover, and many people went from the countryside up to Jerusalem to purify themselve...

WEEK 28.4: 45  Therefore, many of the Jews who came with Mary and saw what Jesus did believed in him.  46  But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47  Then the chief priests and Pharisees called together the council and said, “What are we going to do? This man is doing many miraculous signs!  48  If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him. Then th...

WEEK 28.3: 41  So they removed the stone. Jesus looked up and said, “Father, thank you for hearing me.  42  I know you always hear me. I say this for the benefit of the crowd standing here so that they will believe that you sent me.”  43  Having said this, Jesus shouted with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”  44  The dead man came out, his feet bound and his hands tied, and his face covered with...

WEEK 28.2: 36  The Jews said, “See how much he loved him!”  37  But some of them said, “He healed the eyes of the man born blind. Couldn’t he have kept Lazarus from dying?” 38  Jesus was deeply disturbed again when he came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone covered the entrance.  39  Jesus said, “Remove the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said, “Lord, the smell will be awful! He’s...

WEEK 28.1: 33  When Jesus saw her crying and the Jews who had come with her crying also, he was deeply disturbed and troubled.  34  He asked, “Where have you laid him?” They replied, “Lord, come and see.” 35  Jesus began to cry. 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 o...

WEEK 27.7: Discussion questions below. Episode Summary In this SLTJ Explore episode, Nick and Jamie go through the beginning of John 11 and the famous story of Lazarus. They explore why only John recorded this pivotal miracle, examine Jesus's puzzling delay when Lazarus was sick, and discuss the raw honesty of Martha's confrontation with Jesus. The episode addresses the difficult tension between r...

WEEK 27.6: The Prayer of Examen helps us reflect on the week that was in our Slow Journey Through John. 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.  SJTJ s a year-long contemplative journey through the Gospel of John. We invite you into Scripture, reflection, and in...

WEEK 27.5: 27  She replied, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, God’s Son, the one who is coming into the world.” 28  After she said this, she went and spoke privately to her sister Mary, “The teacher is here and he’s calling for you.”  29  When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to Jesus.  30  He hadn’t entered the village but was still in the place where Martha had met him. ...

WEEK 27.4: 23  Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24  Martha replied, “I know that he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.” 25  Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though they die.  26  Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” DONATE TO THE WILD WAY⁠ .   Your support helps us create...

WEEK 27.3: 17  When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.  18  Bethany was a little less than two miles from Jerusalem.  19  Many Jews had come to comfort Martha and Mary after their brother’s death.  20  When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, while Mary remained in the house.  21  Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here,...

WEEK 27.2: an imagination prayer about grief and loss. 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.  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, an...

WEEK 27.1: 8  The disciples replied, “Rabbi, the Jewish opposition wants to stone you, but you want to go back?” 9  Jesus answered, “Aren’t there twelve hours in the day? Whoever walks in the day doesn’t stumble because they see the light of the world.  10  But whoever walks in the night does stumble because the light isn’t in them.” 11  He continued, “Our friend Lazarus is sleeping, but I am goin...

WEEK 26.7 Discussion questions below. Episode Summary In this Week 26 Explore episode, Nick and Jamie examine Jesus's teaching during the Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah) in John 10:22-42. They explore the historical context of Hanukkah, Jesus's bold claim "I and the Father are one," and the crucial distinction between eternal life and never dying. The episode addresses how our act...