Discipleship: Posture of Together & Attitude of Love
I have been thinking a lot about what it means to be a disciple and what it looks like to disciple others. In the discipleship journey, there is a need to be connected deeply to Christ and also to others. There is wholeness and flourishing that come when we look at discipleship as something we do together, collectively - connecting to Christ and connecting to each other. A mutual connection full of giving and receiving from the full body of Christ - each part indispensable. Interdependent and needed. "They will know you are my disciples if you love....." (John 13). There is a posture and an attitude with discipleship as well. A posture of together and an attitude of love. Dr. John Swinton's work has connected so many of my thoughts on this topic. He says, “It is the ability to love, not the ability to include or tolerate, that is a primary mark of discipleship. ‘A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love