by Matt Garcia | Sep 1, 2022 | Blogs
Character formation is a process, not a one-time event I loved my upbringing in church. The Assemblies of God denomination I grew up in was a great experience. They taught people to desire the gifts of the spirit, but not be overcome by it (Ex: believing that speaking...
by Matt Garcia | Jun 30, 2022 | Blogs
Come & Go One of the first things Jesus tells His disciples when we started His ministry was, “Come…” (John 1:39). One of the last things Jesus tells His disciples when He ascended into Heaven was, “Go…” (Matthew 28:19). The...
by Matt Garcia | Jun 24, 2022 | Blogs
Follow VS Lead “Followership starts with Jesus, stays with Jesus, goes with Jesus, and ends with Jesus.” -Leonard Sweet I grew up surrounded with mentors and groups of friends who loved self-development. When I went to college, the same ideas echoed through each...
by Matt Garcia | Jun 15, 2022 | Blogs
Upstream & Downstream Imagine swimming at a quiet river in the summer with your friends and family. You grab an inner-tube to lay on while you float down the river while basking in the warm sun. After a few minutes of relaxing, you realize that the stream has...
by Matt Garcia | Jun 3, 2022 | Blogs
Discipleshift In the next edition of this Framework of Apprenticeship series, I would like to show you another framework by Jim Putnam in his book Discipleshift. Just a refresher, I defined a framework as a concept to help one grow into the image of Jesus that is both...
by Matt Garcia | Apr 13, 2022 | Blogs
Practicing the Way The past few weeks, I’ve been sharing different discipleship frameworks that I have come across that will help Christians have a plan for spiritual formation. The first week, I shared about the Triangle of Transformation. The second week, I...
