Insights and reflections from the expedition of discipleship.
This is where I record what I’m learning along the way—quick insights, raw questions, personal discoveries, and reflections that don’t always fit into the formal essay series. Think of it like a journal scribbled on the trail: honest, real, and written in the moment.
Some entries will tie into bigger topics from the Expedition series. Others may stand alone. Either way, they’re meant to offer encouragement and clarity for fellow travelers—disciples in progress, just like me.
If you’re on this road too, welcome. These are my field notes. Read them as fellow dispatches from the journey.
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I Say I Want It—But Do I?
Field Note — March 29, 2025 I’m looking for something more than just a place to go on Sunday. I want to be part of a fellowship of believers who are alive in Christ—people who burn with a love for God. People who wake up with a hunger to know Him more and a drive…
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What Is God’s Plan?
Step 1.01 — Introduction to Part One: Preparing for the Expedition We can’t talk about discipleship without first asking this question. Not just His plan for your life or mine—but His eternal, overarching plan for everything. Creation, fall, redemption, restoration. Everything God is doing flows from this plan. If we get this wrong, everything else…
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Why am I writing these essays?
Field Note – March 28, 2025 If you’re reading this, then in some way—you’re searching. Maybe it’s for understanding, for truth, for purpose, or just a clearer picture of what it really means to follow Christ. I know that search well. For years, I thought I understood my faith. I had spent decades in Bible-believing…