Resources to Go Deeper
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If you’re interested in learning more about what it means to be an apprentice of Jesus or growing in your practice of prayer, here are some more resources to consider.
Recommended reading
- The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus by Rich Villodas
- The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus's Essential Teachings on Discipleship by Dallas Willard
- Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewish Words of Jesus Can Change Your Life by Lois Tverberg
- Praying like Monks, Living like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer by Tyler Staton
- Time for God by Jacques Philippe
Recommended listening
- Rich Villodas’ teaching series, The Deeply Formed Life from New Life Fellowship
- The Practicing the Way Vision Series from Bridgetown Church
- Episode 01: Apprentice to Jesus on the Practicing the Way podcast with John Mark Comer and Tyler Staton
Additional resources
- The Prayer Practice from Practicing the Way: practicingtheway.org/prayer
If you’d like to learn more about the practice of prayer, you can run the Prayer Practice, a four-session experience designed to integrate the practice of prayer into your regular life.
If you’re interested in learning more about spiritual formation, here are some more resources to consider.
Recommended reading
- Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation by M. Robert Mulholland Jr.
- You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit by James K. A. Smith
- Beautiful Resistance: The Joy of Conviction in a Culture of Compromise by Jon Tyson
Recommended listening
- The Way teaching series from Jon Tyson and Church of the City New York
- Episode 02: Be With Jesus on the Practicing the Way podcast with John Mark Comer and Tyler Staton
If you’re interested in learning more about intentional spiritual formation or the practice of reading Scripture, here are some more resources to consider.
BibleProject
We highly recommend the amazing videos and resources from our friends at BibleProject, who are all about helping people engage with Scripture as a unified story that leads to Jesus.
On the topic of Scripture, we recommend the following:
- For a taste, the Genesis 1 video
- On reading Scripture, the How to Read the Bible video series
- To go deeper, the Paradigm podcast
BibleProject reading plans, bibleproject.com/reading-plans, and some suggestions:
- The Character of God (6 days)
- Introduction to the Christian Faith (8 days)
- What Gives You Hope? (7 days)
- Trusting God Through Suffering (6 days)
- One Story That Leads to Jesus (1 year)
Recommended reading
- The Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ by Dallas Willard
- Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life by Tish Harrison Warren
- Shaped by the Word: The Power of Scripture in Spiritual Formation by M. Robert Mulholland
Recommended listening
- The Scripture Practice teaching series by Bridgetown Church
- The Year of Biblical Literacy resources by Reality San Francisco, including the Read Scripture app, reading plans, scripture videos, small group materials, teaching series, lecture series, and recommended books
- Episode 03: Become Like Jesus on the Practicing the Way podcast with John Mark Comer and Tyler Staton
Additional Resources
- The Scripture Practice from Practicing the Way: practicingtheway.org/scripture (coming January 2025). If you’d like to learn more about the practice of reading Scripture, you can run the Scripture Practice, a four-session experience designed to integrate the practice of reading Scripture into your regular life.
If you’re interested in learning more about the keystone practice of Sabbath, here are some more resources to consider.
Recommended reading
- Sabbath by Dan Allender
- Keep the Sabbath Wholly: Ceasing, Resting, Embracing, Feasting by Marva J. Dawn
- The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
- Subversive Sabbath: The Suprising Power of Rest in a Nonstop World by A. J. Swoboda
Recommended listening
- Sabbath Rhythms sermon by Rich Villodas
- Subversive Sabbath sermon by A.J. Swoboda
- Rest Must Be Stronger Than Exhaustion sermon by Jon Tyson
- The Sabbath series from The Rule of Life Podcast by Practicing the Way, with John Mark Comer, Bethany Allen, and Bryan Rouanzoin (Episode 01: Stop / The Rhythym of Creation, Episode 02: Rest / An Act of Resistence, Episode 03: Delight / The Joy of Sabbath in Community, Episode 04: Worship / Whole Life Orientation Toward God)
- The Sabbath series by Bridgetown Church
- Episode 04: Do As Jesus Did on the Practicing the Way podcast with John Mark Comer and Tyler Staton
Additional Resources
- The Sabbath Practice from Practicing the Way: practicingtheway.org/sabbath
If you’d like to learn more about the practice of Sabbath, you can run the Sabbath Practice, a four-session experience designed to integrate the practice of Sabbath into your regular life.
If you’re interested in growing even more in your practice of meeting God in pain and suffering, here are some more resources to consider.
Recommended reading
- Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Pete Scazzero
- Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It by Jennie Allen
- The Human Condition: Contemplation and Transformation by Thomas Keating
Recommended listening
If you’re interested in growing even more in your practice of confession, here are some more resources to consider.
Recommended reading
- The Relational Soul: Moving From False Self to Deep Connection by Richard Plass and James Cofield
- Not the Way It's Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin by Cornelius Plantinga Jr.
Recommended listening
- The Sin Series by Jon Tyson at Church of the City New York
- The Bad Word video series by BibleProject
If you’re interested in growing even more in creating life-giving and communal rhythms in your life, here are some more resources to consider.
Recommended reading
- God in My Everything: How an Ancient Rhythm Helps Busy People Enjoy God by Ken Shigematsu
- At Home in the World: A Rule of Life for the Rest of Us by Margaret Guenther
- The Life We’re Looking: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World by Andy Crouch
Recommended listening
- Unhurrying with a Rule of Life series from Bridgetown Church
- Unforced Rhythms of Grace teaching series from Bridgetown Church
- A Rule of Life for the modern age - John Mark Comer’s in-depth interview with Andy Crouch
- Episode 05: How? A Rule of Life on the Practicing the Way podcast with John Mark Comer and Tyler Staton
If you’re interested in learning more about doing life in community, here are some more resources to consider.
Recommended reading
- When the Church was a Family: Recapturing Jesus' Vision for Authentic Christian Community by Joseph Hellerman
- The Connected Life: The Art and Science of Relational Spirituality by Todd Hall
- Made to Belong: Five Practices for Cultivating Community in a Disconnected World by David Kim
Recommended listening
- The Community Practice teaching series from Bridgetown Church
Additional resources
- The Community Practice from Practicing the Way: practicingtheway.org/community
(Coming Soon) If you’d like to learn more about the practice of community, you can run the Community Practice, a four-session experience designed to integrate the practice of community into your regular life.