What does it mean to live from our identity rather than letting our roles define us? In this conversation, Jacob, Julia, and Jessie explore authority, responsibility, and the ways our identity in God shapes how we lead, serve, and relate to others. They talk about why authority is something we receive rather than something we have to manufacture, and how staying connected to God helps us know what we’re actually being invited to do.

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Becoming Good News: Reimagining Discipleship Through Identity, Story, and Science
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Ordinary Discipleship: How God Wires Us for the Adventure of Transformation
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ABOUT JESSIE:
Jessie Cruickshank holds a Master’s degree in experiential education from Harvard and has spent 30 years studying how the brain actually learns, grows, and changes. She’s the author of Ordinary Discipleship and the architect of Identity Formation Theory, a framework for understanding where people are in their spiritual and psychological development. She believes discipleship was never meant to be a solo journey, and neuroscience backs her up.