Apprenticeship

The questions facing the human race are daunting: - How do we understand and manage life and death as humans? - How do we live together despite the significant differences between our cultures? - How will we live on this planet in a way that respects the ecosystem and those who will live after us? The questions facing the residents of first-century Palestine were no less daunting. In the midst of Roman occupation of an oppressed and despairing Jewish nation, Jesus of Nazareth cast a new vision for how to be human and how to live in human community. His vision inspired many to practice Jesus' way, even when it meant risking their lives. Where was Jesus leading? Where would he lead today were he to walk the streets of our towns and cities? What is the heart of Christianity, the heart that has been hidden for so many centuries under cross-embossed armor? Apprenticeship is a re-imagining of where Jesus of Nazareth leads us as Christians and as Christian communities. He invites us to embrace our human experience as it is, because our lives are fully embraced by God. Being so equipped, we are free to join Jesus in nonviolent public leadership as participants in God's healing of the earth.