John Mark Comer

Teacher with @practicingtheway
Founding pastor of @brdgtwnchrch
Author of Practicing the Way, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, and five more.

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Recently I gave a teaching on Jesus' statement that he is "gentle and humble in heart" at in NYC. I also created a short pdf with Scriptures and quotes on gentleness and humility from Desert Fathers, Church Fathers, and various contemplatives down t...

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Today is the two-year anniversary of Practicing the Way.

After ten years of teaching this material around the world, I felt compelled to write this book. I talked to soooo many people who gave me the same basic message: "I've been a Christian for my...

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To start off the new year, we're posting material from the cutting room floor of the Practicing the Way book, remade into three podcast episodes. Consider them three mini-audio books.

All three deal with stages in the spiritual journey, and how our ...

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What is your small group doing this winter?

It's been just under a year since we released the Practicing the Way Course. We're celebrating the nearly 35,000 small groups that have walked through it already to lay a foundation for lifelong apprentice...

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Ending the year deeply grateful.
For my family, friends, and our new community in Topanga.
For the work I get to do.
For the many churches we had the privilege of serving this year.
And for the generosity of The Circle and so many other givers who ma...

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Gathering around the table is one thing; it's another to actually put food on it.

With help from our friends , we've put together The Table, a collection of recipes designed to make meal prep a simple, communal affair. Each recipe comes with divisio...

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This is from a teaching I gave earlier this year at , on the major theme of what the Spirit is teaching me in this season of life — about becoming a person of peace.

I have a long, long ways to go, but this is my path.

The team at way has used thi...

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Every Saturday evening, our family sits around the table with close friends from our community, lights the candles, and reads a Sabbath Meditation from to enter into the seventh day.

Here's a few we love.

Learn more about getting an early copy of ...

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Community only lasts when we share a deep commitment to apprenticeship under Jesus, letting God form us into people of love even when it's painful.

The full episode is out now on the John Mark Comer Teachings podcast, at the link in my bio or wherev...

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Confession in the presence of trusted, loving community helps us not only leave behind sin, but also leave behind shame.

The full teaching is in Episode 03 "Confess Your Sins" on the John Mark Comer Teachings podcast, available wherever you listen t...

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It is a joy to re-release my book Garden City, in hardback, with a new cover. Available wherever books are sold.

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We're excited to announce this year's Christmas gift to The Circle!

For monthly givers at $50/month or more, we're sending two beautiful companions for your Sabbath practice: an early copy of Sabbath Meditations and our custom Rest candle.

Please n...

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The final season of the Rule of Life podcast is coming out next week. Practice nine of nine: Witness.

Join us for the YouTube premiere at 5:30pm PT, next Monday the 23rd.

Myself and will explore four key movements of witness for the modern era:

1...

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This is such an exciting, humbling moment — The Witness Practice, the final in our suite of nine Practices, is now available at

We're so grateful to The Circle and other generous givers who helped create the Practices.

May this Practice inspire a n...

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Coming this spring, Sabbath Meditations — a collection of poetry, quotes, liturgical prayers, and various meditations that I've been compiling for over five years.

Every Saturday night, to begin our Sabbath, we sit around the table with family and c...

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For a while now, we've been dreaming about a new podcast for an older kind of pastor, more spiritual director than CEO. The result is "The Contemplative Pastor," listen to season one now, including this good word from at the Pastor Conference.

You...