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Welcome to the Journey

I'm here to invite you into a movement. A lot of time has passed since I wrote my last blog; to blame is my wild work schedule, but also I've had a quiet conviction that I should be doing something rather than writing about doing something. I write now because I believe it will do something, at least this is what I pray. I desire to see a blazing passion for Christ ignited in your soul. Here I invite you, not to a series of steps or formulas, but to a person and to a journey. A journey to join Him in what He is doing.

Over the past few months, Jesus has brought across my path many incredible men and women who desire to escape the mediocre and live in a Story greater than their own. Ironically, almost every one of them find this to be a big obstacle: the Bible. Whatever the details may be, the core issue seems to be confusion and difficulty in finding Christ shining through the Scriptures in his brilliance. Rather, the Bible is viewed as a behavioral checklist, an encyclopedia of facts, or simply a book for the better-educated. Along their journey to reckless passion, motivation seems to subside as the Bible grows more and more challenging.

If you sit on the sidelines exhausted from the challenge, it's okay - we've all been there. I don't claim to have already escaped it. All I can tell you is that my life was radically changed in high school when I seriously studied this ancient book, and since that experience the Bible has never ceased to overwhelm me with its portrait of Jesus Christ. Yes, it has been challenging. Yes, I have often given up. But I have not been unaware of how to properly study, interpret, and apply this book. This Scripture is precious to me, and I hope to walk beside you and show you the path I have taken. Perhaps you too will come to enjoy the art of spiritual study.

May God be huge in your heart,

Caleb