One.Life -- A Reflection<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This has been a wonderful two weeks for One.Life: Jesus Calls, We Follow. The book appeared almost mid December, and it's now starting to kick in with\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/01\/20\/one-life-a-reflection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"One.Life -- A Reflection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This has been a wonderful two weeks for One.Life: Jesus Calls, We Follow. The book appeared almost mid December, and it's now starting to kick in with\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/01\/20\/one-life-a-reflection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Jesus Creed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-01-20T16:06:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-01-19T22:48:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/files\/2011\/01\/One.Life_-201x300.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Scot McKnight\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Scot McKnight\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/01\/20\/one-life-a-reflection\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/01\/20\/one-life-a-reflection\/\",\"name\":\"One.Life -- A Reflection\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-01-20T16:06:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-01-19T22:48:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/#\/schema\/person\/5919e847c58ffe6efb5899fb61797252\"},\"description\":\"This has been a wonderful two weeks for One.Life: Jesus Calls, We Follow. The book appeared almost mid December, and it's now starting to kick in with\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/01\/20\/one-life-a-reflection\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/01\/20\/one-life-a-reflection\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/01\/20\/one-life-a-reflection\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"One.Life — A Reflection\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/\",\"name\":\"Jesus Creed\",\"description\":\"Scot McKnight on Jesus and orthodox faith in the 21st century\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/#\/schema\/person\/5919e847c58ffe6efb5899fb61797252\",\"name\":\"Scot McKnight\",\"description\":\"Scot McKnight is a recognized authority on the New Testament, early Christianity, and the historical Jesus. McKnight, author of more than fifty books, is the Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lombard, IL.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/author\/scotmcknight\/\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"One.Life -- A Reflection","description":"This has been a wonderful two weeks for One.Life: Jesus Calls, We Follow. The book appeared almost mid December, and it's now starting to kick in with","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/01\/20\/one-life-a-reflection\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"One.Life -- A Reflection","og_description":"This has been a wonderful two weeks for One.Life: Jesus Calls, We Follow. The book appeared almost mid December, and it's now starting to kick in with","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/01\/20\/one-life-a-reflection\/","og_site_name":"Jesus Creed","article_published_time":"2011-01-20T16:06:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2011-01-19T22:48:29+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/files\/2011\/01\/One.Life_-201x300.jpg"}],"author":"Scot McKnight","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Scot McKnight","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/01\/20\/one-life-a-reflection\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/01\/20\/one-life-a-reflection\/","name":"One.Life -- A Reflection","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-01-20T16:06:08+00:00","dateModified":"2011-01-19T22:48:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/#\/schema\/person\/5919e847c58ffe6efb5899fb61797252"},"description":"This has been a wonderful two weeks for One.Life: Jesus Calls, We Follow. The book appeared almost mid December, and it's now starting to kick in with","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/01\/20\/one-life-a-reflection\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/01\/20\/one-life-a-reflection\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/01\/20\/one-life-a-reflection\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"One.Life — A Reflection"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/","name":"Jesus Creed","description":"Scot McKnight on Jesus and orthodox faith in the 21st century","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/#\/schema\/person\/5919e847c58ffe6efb5899fb61797252","name":"Scot McKnight","description":"Scot McKnight is a recognized authority on the New Testament, early Christianity, and the historical Jesus. McKnight, author of more than fifty books, is the Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lombard, IL.","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/author\/scotmcknight\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

{"id":13065,"date":"2011-01-20T10:06:08","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T16:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/?p=13065"},"modified":"2011-01-19T16:48:29","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T22:48:29","slug":"one-life-a-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/01\/20\/one-life-a-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"One.Life — A Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

This has been a wonderful two weeks for One.Life: Jesus Calls, We Follow<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. The book appeared almost mid December, and it\u2019s now starting to kick in with some readers, and I want to offer a reflective piece about what\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>Pastors are reading it, benefiting from it and \u201cusing\u201d it in their ministries. Just today I got a note from a pastor who will be using it in some small groups but said he\u2019s passing it out like candy. Another pastor told me she\u2019s giving it to everyone on her staff. Last week a pastor told me he had bought copies for anyone who showed up to church on a given Sunday. Another pastor wrote me to say thanks and said it was his favorite of my books.<\/p>\n

But what was perhaps most moving to me was the 65 year old pastor who wrote me to say that the book had given him a new vision for the last decade of his ministry \u2014 he said \u201cif God so wills\u201d \u2014 and that it had given him themes for this year in preaching. But he also said it was making a difference in his life. Sometimes it\u2019s the simplest of themes \u2014 Jesus wants our one and only life \u2014 that dig into our deepest yearnings.<\/p>\n

These letters and observations strengthen my resolve to be the sort of professor who walks the bridge from the academy to the church on a constant basis. In some ways this book is the result of 27 years of teaching students in academic settings, but in other ways it\u2019s the result of speaking in churches and listening to the heartbeat of lay folks and pastors.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"