January 11, 2026
Formation on the Way
Ryan reframes discipleship away from a rigid, information-driven idea of being a “disciplined follower” and toward apprenticeship to Jesus—a slow, shared process of formation on the way. Drawing on the Road to Emmaus and Jesus’ rabbinic context, he emphasizes that becoming like Christ happens in real life through walking, questioning, grieving, and eating together. Formation is always happening, and the key question is with whom we are being formed, since community reveals blind spots, stretches love, and interrupts false certainty. Ultimately, discipleship is less about having the right answers and more about being shaped together over time, as each person’s becoming in Christ helps form the others.
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