January 18, 2026
Discipleship 2.0
Nicole’s talk reframed discipleship as learning to love the way Jesus loved—not as an easy feeling or a set of private habits, but as a costly, relational commitment expressed in community. She contrasted her preference for independence with Jesus’ inclusive, patient, interruptible way of being, challenging the gap between saying “I love” and actually living it through dignity, compassion, and presence. She named the real barriers—our desire to be right, old habits, power dynamics, and past wounds—and invited honest reflection on who is hardest to love, what love requires of us, and how others actually experience our presence. In the end, she defined love as a compassionate, consistent action that seeks what is good for both self and neighbor, closing with a prayer for a church renewed by empathy, justice, humility, and courageous love.