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The Wild Way Podcast
ABIDE, LEARN, AND GO with The Wild Way Home of A Slow Journey Through Lent and A Slow Journey Through John Weekdays we take 10-12 minutes to dwell richly in the bible while focusing on the inward journey of learning, contemplative practices, and prayer and the outward journey of integration, action, and becoming people of love in the world. Weekends we do a theology dive into the implications of Scripture for thought-provoking bible study, spiritual growth, and discipleship. Followers of Jesus…
Episodes
The Wild Way PodcastSJTJ 226: Week 32 EXPLORE (John 13:1-19 - Jesus’ Radical Acts of Foot Washing and Enemy Loving)
WEEK 32.7 Discussion questions below. Episode Summary In this Week 32 explore episode, Nick and Jamie unpack Jesus's shocking act of washing the disciples'…
The Wild Way PodcastSJTJ 225: Week 32 EXAMEN
WEEK 32.6b: The Prayer of Examen helps us reflect on the week that was in our Slow Journey Through John. NEW RESOURCE: Rhythms of Life spiritual formation…
The Wild Way PodcastSJTJ 224: EXCURSUS (Take a devotional journey with the Disciple Whom Jesus Loved)
WEEK 32.6a: The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved shows up four times in John's gospel. Who is this mysterious figure? What can we learn from him? Listen to find out…
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SJTJ 223: John 13:21-30 (How to love your enemy, Part 2)
WEEK 32.5: 21 After he said these things, Jesus was deeply disturbed and testified, “I assure you, one of you will betray me.” 22 His disciples looked at each…
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SJTJ 222: John 13:18-20 (How to love your enemy, Part 1)
WEEK 32.4: 18 I’m not speaking about all of you. I know those whom I’ve chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture, The one who eats my bread has turned…
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SJTJ 221: John 13:12-17 (A better metric for happiness)
WEEK 32.3: 12 After he washed the disciples’ feet, he put on his robes and returned to his place at the table. He said to them, “Do you know what I’ve done for…
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SJTJ 220: John 13:6-11 ("The gospel in one sentence")
WEEK 32.2: 6 When Jesus came to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus replied, “You don’t understand what I’m doing…
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SJTJ 219: John 13 imagination prayer
WEEK 32.1: An imagination prayer based on John 13:2-5. DONATE TO THE WILD WAY. Your support helps us create spiritual formation and discipleship resources…
The Wild Way PodcastSJTJ 218: Week 31 EXPLORE (John 12:36b-50 - Moving Beyond Being Impressed)
WEEK 31.7 Discussion questions below. Episode Summary In this Week 31 explore episode, Nick and Jamie conclude John chapter 12 by examining the sobering…
The Wild Way PodcastSJTJ 217: Week 31 EXAMEN (but not an examen)
WEEK 31.6: 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…
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SJTJ 216: John 13:2-5 (How low are you willing to go?)
WEEK 31.5: 2 Jesus and his disciples were sharing the evening meal. The devil had already provoked Judas, Simon Iscariot’s son, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew…
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SJTJ 215: John 13:1 (One verse with a lot of punch)
WEEK 31:4: Before the Festival of Passover, Jesus knew that his time had come to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the…
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SJTJ 214: John 12:48-50 (The end of the Book of Signs)
WEEK 31.3: 48 Whoever rejects me and doesn’t receive my words will be judged at the last day by the word I have spoken. 49 I don’t speak on my own, but the…
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SJTJ 213: John 12:44-47 (The real villain)
WEEK 31.2: 44 Jesus shouted, “Whoever believes in me doesn’t believe in me but in the one who sent me. 45 Whoever sees me sees the one who sent me. 46 I have…
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SJTJ 212: John 12:36b-43 (Is God unfair?)
WEEK 31.1: After Jesus said these things, he went away and hid from them. 37 Jesus had done many miraculous signs before the people, but they didn’t believe in…
The Wild Way PodcastSJTJ 211: Week 30 EXPLORE (John 12:20-36a - 1% More Like the Kingdom of God)
WEEK 30.7: Discussion questions below. NEW RESOURCE! Rhythms of Life spiritual formation course now available as digital download from our website or print…
The Wild Way PodcastSJTJ 210: Week 30 EXAMEN
WEEK 30.6: 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…
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SJTJ 209: John 12:34-36a (From shadow into light)
WEEK 30.5: 34 The crowd responded, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is…
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SJTJ 208: John 12:31-33 (Put away your sword)
WEEK 30.4: 31 Now is the time for judgment of this world. Now this world’s ruler will be thrown out. 32 When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw…
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SJTJ 207: John 12:27-30 (John's Gethsemane moment)
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…
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SJTJ 206: John 12:24-26 (The seed planted in the ground)
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…
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SJTJ 205: John 12:20-23 (An innocuous yet crucial transition)
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…
The Wild Way PodcastSJTJ 204: Week 29 EXPLORE (Donkey, Not Warhorse)
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…
The Wild Way PodcastSJTJ 203: Week 29 EXAMEN
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…
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SJTJ 202: John 12:16-19 (The power of retrospective reflection)
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…
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SJTJ 201: John 12:12-15 (The need to depoliticize our faith)
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…
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SJTJ 200: John 12:4-11 (A warped mind brings a warped view of life)
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…
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SJTJ 199: John 12:1-3 (Activist and contemplative worship)
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…
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SJTJ 198: John 12 imagination prayer
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…
The Wild Way PodcastSJTJ 197: Week 28 EXPLORE (John 11:27-57 - From Stench to Glory)
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…
The Wild Way PodcastSJTJ 196: Week 28 EXAMEN
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…
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SJTJ 195: John 11:53-57 (Jesus the outlaw)
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…
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SJTJ 194: John 11:45-52 (An unintentional and ironic prophecy)
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…
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SJTJ 193: John 11:41-44 (The Voice that wakes the dead)
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…
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SJTJ 192: John 11:36-40 ("Jesus, you're not doing it right.")
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…
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SJTJ 191: John 11:33-35 (Jesus "burst into tears")
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…
The Wild Way PodcastSJTJ 190: Week 27 EXPLORE (John 11:1-32 - Martha Confronts Jesus)
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…
The Wild Way PodcastSJTJ 189: Week 27 EXAMEN
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…
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SJTJ 188: John 11:27-32 (Theology is useless unless it's lived)
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…
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SJTJ 187: John 11:23-26 (Resurrection isn't a doctrine. It's a Person.)
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…
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SJTJ 186: John 11:17-22 (You are faithful, but you let me down)
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…
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SJTJ 185: John 11 imagination prayer (If only...)
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…
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SJTJ 184: John 11:8-16 (We cannot pressure God, only trust him)
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 Wild Way PodcastSJTJ 183: Week 26 EXPLORE (John 10:22-42 - Eternal Life vs. Never Dying)
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…
The Wild Way PodcastSJTJ 182: Week 26 EXAMEN
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…
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SJTJ 181: John 11:1-7 (Disappointment with God)
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…
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SJTJ 180: John 10:37-42 (Revisiting memories of God's love)
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…
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SJTJ 179: John 10:31-36 (Holy and sent)
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…
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SJTJ 178: John 10:27-30 (You are the Father's greatest gift to his Son)
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…
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SJTJ 177: John 10:22-26 ("Are you the Christ or not?!")
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…
The Wild Way PodcastSJTJ 176: Week 25 EXPLORE (John 10:1-21 - The Beautiful Life Is Not a Perfect Life)
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…
The Wild Way PodcastSJTJ 175: Week 25 EXAMEN
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…
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SJTJ 174: John 10:17-21 (Insanity or divinity)
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…
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SJTJ 173: John 10:11-16 ("Good" does not just mean morally upright)
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…
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SJTJ 172: John 10:7-10 (When wounded, thirsty, weary sheep pass through the Gate)
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…
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SJTJ 171: John 10:1-6 (Good and bad shepherds)
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…
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SJTJ 170: John 10 lectio divina
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…
The Wild Way PodcastSJTJ 169: Week 24 EXPLORE (John 9:18-41 - Jesus, history's greatest deconstructor)
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…
The Wild Way PodcastSJTJ 168: Week 24 EXAMEN
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…
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SJTJ 167: John 9:39-41 (The paradox of spiritual blindness and spiritual sight)
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…