A Slow Journey Through John

WEEK 26.6: 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 26.5: A certain man, Lazarus, was ill. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. ( 2  This was the Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped his feet with her hair. Her brother Lazarus was ill.)  3  So the sisters sent word to Jesus, saying, “Lord, the one whom you love is ill.” 4  When he heard this, Jesus said, “This illness isn’t fatal. It’s for the glory...

WEEK 26.4: 37  If I don’t do the works of my Father, don’t believe me.  38  But if I do them, and you don’t believe me, believe the works so that you can know and recognize that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”  39  Again, they wanted to arrest him, but he escaped from them. 40  Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had baptized at first, and he stayed there.  41  M...

WEEK 26.3: 31  Again the Jewish opposition picked up stones in order to stone him.  32  Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of those works do you stone me?” 33  The Jewish opposition answered, “We don’t stone you for a good work but for insulting God. You are human, yet you make yourself out to be God.” 34  Jesus replied, “Isn’t it written in your Law,  I...

WEEK 26.2: 27  My sheep listen to my voice. I know them and they follow me.  28  I give them eternal life. They will never die, and no one will snatch them from my hand.  29  My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them from my Father’s hand.  30  I and the Father are one.” DONATE TO THE WILD WAY⁠ .   Your support helps us create spiritual formation a...

WEEK 26.1: 22  The time came for the Festival of Dedication in Jerusalem. It was winter,  23  and Jesus was in the temple, walking in the covered porch named for Solomon.  24  The Jewish opposition circled around him and asked, “How long will you test our patience? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” 25  Jesus answered, “I have told you, but you don’t believe. The works I do in my Father’s na...

WEEK 25.7 Discussion questions below. Episode Summary In this Week 25 explore episode, marking the halfway point of their journey through John, Nick and Jamie dive into Jesus's teaching about shepherds and sheep in John 10. They examine the context of the Feast of Tabernacles, explore Jesus's claims to be both "the gate" and "the good shepherd," and discuss what it mean...

WEEK 25.6: 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 25.5: 17  “This is why the Father loves me: I give up my life so that I can take it up again.  18  No one takes it from me, but I give it up because I want to. I have the right to give it up, and I have the right to take it up again. I received this commandment from my Father.” 19  There was another division among the Jews because of Jesus’ words.  20  Many of them said, “He has a demon and h...

WEEK 25.4: 11  “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  12  When the hired hand sees the wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away. That’s because he isn’t the shepherd; the sheep aren’t really his. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.  13  He’s only a hired hand and the sheep don’t matter to him. 14  “I am the good shepherd. I know my own shee...

WEEK 25.3: 7  So Jesus spoke again, “I assure you that I am the gate of the sheep.  8  All who came before me were thieves and outlaws, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.  9  I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out and find pasture.  10  The thief enters only to steal, kill, and destroy. I came so that they could have life—indeed, so that they could l...

WEEK 25.2: 1  I assure you that whoever doesn’t enter into the sheep pen through the gate but climbs over the wall is a thief and an outlaw.  2  The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.  3  The guard at the gate opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.  4  Whenever he has gathered all of his sheep, he goe...

WEEK 25.1: A lectio divina practice based on John 10:7-10. 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 Sc...

WEEK 24.7 Discussion questions below. Episode Summary In this Week 24 explore episode, Nick and Jamie conclude the story of the man born blind in John 9, examining the interrogation by religious leaders, the courage of the formerly blind man, and Jesus's final encounter with him. They dive deep into topics of deconstruction, biblical interpretation versus experience, and how to respond with lo...

WEEK 24.6: 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 24.5: 39  Jesus said, “I have come into the world to exercise judgment so that those who don’t see can see and those who see will become blind.” 40  Some Pharisees who were with him heard what he said and asked, “Surely we aren’t blind, are we?” 41  Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you wouldn’t have any sin, but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains. SJTJ s a year-long contempla...

WEEK 24.4: 35  Jesus heard they had expelled the man born blind. Finding him, Jesus said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?" 36  He answered, “Who is he, sir? I want to believe in him.” 37  Jesus said, “You have seen him. In fact, he is the one speaking with you.” 38  The man said, “Lord, I believe.” And he worshipped Jesus. SJTJ s a year-long contemplative journey through the Gospel of John...

WEEK 24.3: 28  They insulted him: “You are his disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples.  29  We know that God spoke to Moses, but we don’t know where this man is from.” 30  The man answered, “This is incredible! You don’t know where he is from, yet he healed my eyes!  31  We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners. God listens to anyone who is devout and does God’s will.  32  No one has ever heard o...

WEEK 24.2: 24  Therefore, they called a second time for the man who had been born blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know this man is a sinner.” 25  The man answered, “I don’t know whether he’s a sinner. Here’s what I do know: I was blind and now I see.” 26  They questioned him: “What did he do to you? How did he heal your eyes?” 27  He replied, “I already told you, and you didn’t liste...

WEEK 24.1: 18  The Jewish leaders didn’t believe the man had been blind and received his sight until they called for his parents.  19  The Jewish leaders asked them, “Is this your son? Are you saying he was born blind? How can he now see?” 20  His parents answered, “We know he is our son. We know he was born blind.  21  But we don’t know how he now sees, and we don’t know who healed his eyes. Ask...

WEEK 23.7 Discussion questions below. Episode Summary In the Week 23 Explore episode, Nick and Jamie dive into the first half of John 9, examining Jesus's healing of a man born blind. They address the disciples' harmful theology about suffering and sin, explore the complex relationship between suffering and a loving God, and discuss what it means to be an effective witness for Jesus. The episode t...

WEEK 23.6: Instead of our usual Prayer of Examen we are doing a guided prayer through the Lord's Prayer. 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 23.5: 13  Then they led the man who had been born blind to the Pharisees.  14  Now Jesus made the mud and smeared it on the man’s eyes on a Sabbath day.  15  So Pharisees also asked him how he was able to see. The man told them, “He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and now I see.” 16  Some Pharisees said, “This man isn’t from God, because he breaks the Sabbath law.” Others said, “How can a sinne...

WEEK 23.4: 8  The man’s neighbors and those who used to see him when he was a beggar said, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?” 9  Some said, “It is,” and others said, “No, it’s someone who looks like him.” But the man said, “Yes, it’s me!” 10  So they asked him, “How are you now able to see?” 11  He answered, “The man they call Jesus made mud, smeared it on my eyes, and said, ‘Go to the...

WEEK 23.3: 6  After he said this, he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and smeared the mud on the man’s eyes.  7  Jesus said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (this word means  sent ). So the man went away and washed. When he returned, he could see. SJTJ s a year-long contemplative journey through the Gospel of John. We invite you into Scripture, reflection, and intentional prac...