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Mutual Community: The essential relationship for disciplemaking friendships
More Than Friendship—A Shared Life With God
Mutual Community is not simply being friendly, supportive, or spiritually polite.It’s not one person pouring into another like a pitcher filling a cup.
David Garda
Jan 183 min read
A Disciplemaking Journey Through the Gospels (Blog Plus Video)
What if we paused long enough to watch how Jesus actually lived? Walking step-by-step through the middle of the Gospels reveals a way of life shaped by identity, rhythms, friendship, and shared presence. This approach invites us to slow down and learn from Jesus not just as a distant figure but as a living example of disciplemaking.
David Garda
Jan 183 min read
Kavanah: Life Wrapped in God’s Presence and Power
The very nature of Kavanah is the discovery of a life where God’s presence and God’s power wrap His arms around us. Not around us in just any mindset—but around us as yielded, available, and obedient people who are ready for God to work in us, through us, and around us . Kavanah is best understood as an entire English paragraph—rich, layered, alive—contained inside a single Hebrew/Aramaic word. And once you begin to see it, you can’t unsee it. Kavanah transforms life as w
David Garda
May 1, 20184 min read
The whole disciplemaking elephant
If you blindfold a group of people and ask each one to examine only one part of an elephant, you’ll get some fascinating descriptions. A tree trunk. A rope. A wall. A fan. And none of them will be accurate. And not one of them will actually be describing an elephant. That’s exactly what happens with disciplemaking. The core components of Jesus-shaped disciplemaking can’t be chopped into trunks, legs, tails, or ears and still remain whole. You can’t elevate one piece above t
Bill Allison
Jan 182 min read
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