Written by Grace Pouch, a contemporary writer and content manager.
Being Jesus’ apprentice includes planned practices like fasting, prayer, and scripture study—as well as unplanned surprise lessons in the everyday classroom of life…When you scan the centuries for the most vibrant Christian lives, you find that nearly every standout adopted an interdisciplinary lifestyle, seamlessly integrating overtly “religious” practices with their vocations, hobbies, friendships, creative endeavors, and academic interests… Intense contemplation of anything that “declares the glory of God”—nebulas, newborns, Pythagorean theorems, harmonies, helibores, and honey bees—can drop us to our knees and renew our minds. Deep thinking and devotion go hand in hand. Effort and delight endear us to the Lord. Apprenticeship that is interdisciplinary shapes a thicker, sturdier, truer—and more lovable—idea of God in our mind’s eye. It’s a theology that, as Keas put it, “warms the heart as it informs the mind.”
The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy. [Psalm 65:5-8]
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