The book 'Journey - Explorations into Discipleship' was put together by John Vincent with assistance from a number of others, following a series of meeting by Ashram members and others around the country and at a planning weekend in May 2001 at Cliff Conference centre. This page shows its table of contents, and you can see some of the material from the third stage under the link 'a flavour'.

 

Journey

Explorations into Discipleship

John Vincent

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


THE JOURNEY MAP
By Donna Worthington and Friends


1. GETTING TOGETHER
What's on Offer

1. An invitation
2. The Purpose of the 'Journey'
3. Some Basic Questions
4. One Way Among Many
5. The Long Story
The Picnic Image
Diagram: Stages Of The Journey

2. GETTING STARTED
Where We Are

1. An Orientation Day
2. Some Ground Rules
3. First Meetings
4. Ways of Getting Started
5. Incarnation
The Map Making Image
Diagrams: Personal Diary /Journal
Scrapbook of the Group

3. GETTING FOCUSSED
Why Jesus? Which Jesus?

1. A Basic Question
2. Seven People, Seven Answers
3. Jesus as Leader
4. Which Gospel?
5. Which Jesus?
6. Which Treasure House?
7. Consult an Enthusiast
The Treasure House lmage
Diagrams: Contemporary Pictures of Jesus Contemporary Church Jesuses

4. LISTENING AND LOOKING
What to Go For

1. What do you want out of life?
2. Jesus's Call - and Wilderness
3. Pleasure?
4. Money?
5. Success?
6. Future?
7. Call on a Disciple
The Fisherman's Tale lmage
Diagram: A Wilderness Worksheet

5. FINDING ALLIES
Who To Be With

1. Getting The Team Together
2. How We Can Join In
3. Getting A Team Together Today
4. I Don't Want To Be Committed
5. Finding A Local Group Of Disciples
The Hidden Treasure Image
Diagram: Jesus's Way

6. HEALING BROKENNESS
How To Be With

1. Jesus's Ministry of Liberation
2.Jesus's Ministry is Person Centred
3. Discipleship is Ministry
4. Consult a Servant Minister
The Crowded City Image

7. ANSWERING QUESTIONS
What To Think

1.What is Life About?
2. What Was It Like To Be Taught By Jesus?
3. Jesus's Method With Questions
4. Four Stages
5. The Experience Visible Within The Question
6. The issues Behind The Question
7. What Have Others Done To Answer The Question?
8. Stop Trying To Sort Life Out!
The Raft On The Rapids Image

8. PROCLAIMING POSSIBILITIES
How To Act

1. Jesus's Project - 'God's Country'
2. The 'Upside Down' Kingdom . Country
3. The Kingdom of God, Then and Now
4. Kingdom Country is Life-Affirming
5. Kingdom Country Threatens the Powers
6. Kingdom Country Points to an Element of Mystery
7. Kingdom Country Discusses Power to Liberate
8. Join in a Project
The River Monster lmage

9. CHALLENGING ENEMIES
How To Prophesy

1. Jesus Provokes Crucifixion
2. Jesus and Political Power
3. God's Country Today
4. The Jubilee Story
5. Other Faiths Not Enemies
6. Join in a 'God's Country' Campaign
The Village lmage

10. FINDING PLACES
Where To Be

1. Where we are up to
2. Finding Where We Belong
3. Jesus's Community
4. Jesus's Communities Today
5. Communities Have Secrets
6. Go On A Community Weekend
The Camp Fire lmage

11. KEEPING IT TOGETHER
How To Be

1. About Spirituality
2. Jesus's invitation
3. Varieties Of Spirituality
4. Go On A Retreat
5. Do Your Own 'Emmaus Road'
The Hermits Cell lmage
Diagram: My 'Emmaus Road'

12. GOING ON FURTHER
What To Expect
1. Now You See Him, Now You Don't
2. Getting it All Together Again
3. Looking Back And Looking Around
4. Setting Off Again
5. A Journey Send Off
6. Pieces For The Ongoing Journey
The Lighthouse Image
Diagram: A Journey Review

BOOKS
1. Jesus
2. Discipleship
3. Jesus and Discipleship in History
4. Journey Companions

You can see Stage 3 in more detail in 'a flavour'

Further resources for the Journey continue to be produced.

 

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How can we try to get together a plan for a series of experiences that might open up discipleship to Jesus as an exciting, worthwhile option for people?

 

How can we break out of our church-centred jargon and ethos and domestic concerns to clarify for ourselves and others what a basic response to Jesus would look like?

 

just two of the questions we asked ourselves in groups up and down the county in preparing this course.

Journey