What is a disciple?

How can we be disciples of Jesus in the 21st Century?

Summer 2026

I am dedicating much of my energy during the summer of 2026 to focus on discipleship. This is the core of Ordinary Time. I am writing a new course for Faith+Lead Academy called Leading Discipleship in Your Context. It will be a simpler version of the course I teach at Luther Seminary called Discipleship in the Missional Church. All of this flows from my ongoing scholarship. I hope to post about the journey and do some Art Pastor Live sessions around it during the summer.

Stay tuned for more information…

In A New Focus: Membership to Discipleship you’ll explore the key characteristics that distinguish membership-focused churches from discipleship-focused churches. When churches focus primarily on membership, they often become centered on attendance, buildings, and budgets—measurable metrics that provide a sense of control in an uncertain world. The identity of the church becomes tied to a place, a worship service, and clear boundaries about who belongs and who doesn’t. But what if the church reclaimed its original calling as a movement of disciples—apprentices learning to follow the way of Jesus in their everyday lives?

The Art Pastor’s Guide to Discipleship

This is a work in progress. Keep coming back to see new pages. Click the page to explore.

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Posts for the Journey

Drawing the Why Jesus Images in Photoshop

Drawing the Why Jesus Images in Photoshop

In this episode of The Art Pastor Live you are invited to watch me create the images in Photoshop for the Why Jesus presentation. We geek out about the theology of discipleship and the process of creating digital paintings

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