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This series may change your life.

Capuchin Fr. Dan Crosby, master retreat leader, invites you to look anew at Jesus’ call to discipleship, and at what that call means for us in our lives.  Enjoy these talks in your car or home, and gain fresh insight into scripture and the Christian life.

As we know, the author of John’s Gospel constantly invites us to unearth new layers of meaning in nearly everything he writes about. Thus, Scripture scholars believe the Beloved Disciple was deliberately un-named, so that all disciples encountering these passages could find themselves within them and embrace full discipleship as totally and eagerly as did this early follower of Jesus.

Through 12 lectures, Dan Crosby will examine all the passages in John referring to the Beloved Disciple. Discover, with Fr. Dan, the richness they contain for a deeper embrace of Jesus’ love, and for living out that love within our own Christian community - just as the original Beloved Disciple did so faithfully in his community.

Let Fr. Dan Crosby lead you to fully embrace your call to discipleship.

This series is a highly recommended staff favorite.

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With this order you will receive, free of charge, a detailed Electronic Study Guide. With your confirmation email, you will receive a link that will take you to this Electronic Study Guide, which includes outlines for each topic, review questions and suggested readings for further study. The link to access this Electronic Study Guide will also be included on the case of your CDs or DVDs. You are allowed to print up to 7 copies of your guide. Simply click on the link, or type it into your browser, to access the file.

About Your Presenter

Fr. Crosby is a member of the Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. Joseph and Director of St. Anthony Retreat Center in Marathon, Wisconsin. Ordained in 1964, his life has been enriched by a variety of ministries and cultures, from college campus ministry and teaching to pastoring inner city and reservation parishes. After ordination, he did post-graduate work at St. Paul's University in Ottawa and earned a licentiate in theology as well as a Masters in Theology. Fr. Crosby spent three more years of post-graduate work at the Institute of Formative Spirituality at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh where he earned another Masters in Religion and Personality. For ten years he taught theology and spirituality in Indiana and Wisconsin and spent eighteen years ministering to the poor in inner-city Milwaukee as well as Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana. Wherever he has ministered, Fr. Crosby has worked to integrate scripture as well as the Franciscan vision into his life and preaching. He has been a spiritual director and well-received retreat master throughout the country.

Topic Titles

• Myths and Meaning Surrounding the Beloved Disciple
• The Journey to Become a Beloved Disciple Begins: Jn 1:35-42
• Jesus’ First Question
• “The Hour Has Come”: Jn 13:1-17
• Bosom Resting, Betrayal and Command: Jn 13:18-35
• Discipleship Denied: Jn 18:15-27
• Jn 19:25-28: With The Mother of Jesus, Discipleship to the End
• Jn 19:25-28; 31-37: Beloved Disciples See More, Believe More
• Beloved Disciple and Peter on the Way toward a New and Risen Life: Jn 20:1-10
• The Beloved Disciple: Alive and Well in Our Own World
• How to Live Out This New Life in Ordinary Life?: The Eucharist: Jn 21:1-12
• Discipleship Restored: Jn 21:15-25