05/12/2026
There’s an old phrase from the earliest days of the church that I keep coming back to: “the Way.”
Before people were even called Christians, they were known as Followers of the Way (Acts 9:2). And I wonder if we’ve lost something important by letting that language fade.
Because “the Way” is not a label. It’s a life.
It reminds us that faith is not just something we believe—it’s something we walk.
To follow the Way of Jesus is to take his life seriously enough to let it shape our own. It means we don’t just admire his words—we wrestle with them, live into them, and sometimes stumble our way through them.
It means learning to love people who are not easy to love. Telling the truth when it would be simpler to stay quiet. Choosing mercy over being right. Practicing humility in a world that rewards self-promotion.
Jesus didn’t say, “Agree with me.” He said, “Follow me.”
And that kind of following will take you places you didn’t expect.
It will lead you toward people you might have overlooked.
It will ask you to let go of things you once held tightly.
It will quietly reshape your heart over time.
The Way is not about getting everything right. It’s about staying oriented toward Jesus.
Some days that walk feels steady. Other days it feels like you’re just trying not to lose your footing.
But this much is true: every small act of love, every choice toward grace, every step toward justice and mercy—that is the Way.
And you don’t walk it alone.
We walk it together—learning, failing, forgiving, beginning again.
So maybe today the question isn’t, “Do I believe the right things?”
Maybe it’s simpler, and harder: Am I walking in the Way of Jesus today?
