Episode Title

Be With Him to Become Like Him

Kingdom Corner Reading Room

📖 Episode Summary

On this first day of spring, we step into a new section of Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer—“Become Like Him.”

In this episode, Matt explores a sobering yet life-giving truth:

You are becoming someone… whether you realize it or not.

Drawing from the ancient wisdom of St. Benedict, the imagery of the skull, and the reality of our mortality, this episode calls us to live with eternity in view.

Because in the end, what matters most is not what we achieved—

but who we became.

🌱 Key Theme

Spiritual formation is not optional—it is inevitable.

The only question is:

👉 Who (or what) is forming you?

🔑 Key Takeaways

1. Apprenticeship to Jesus has three movements:
2. Be with Him
3. Become like Him
4. Do as He did
5. We are always being formed
6. Through habits
7. Relationships
8. Thoughts
9. Environment
10. Responses to life
11. The reality of death clarifies life
12. Life is short
13. Time is precious
14. Eternity matters
15. Two kinds of virtues:
16. Resume virtues → what we achieve
17. Eulogy virtues → who we become
18. Formation is directional
19. Toward love, beauty, and Christlikeness
20. Or toward distortion, hardness, and decay
21. You are becoming a person
22. Not static… but shaped daily
23. Not accidental… but formed intentionally or passively

🧠 Core Insight

“The question is not—are you being formed?

The question is—who are you becoming?”

📜 Key References & Influences

1. Practicing the Way — John Mark Comer
2. The Rule of St. Benedict
3. David Brooks — Resume vs. Eulogy Virtues
4. C.S. Lewis — trajectory of the soul
5. Dallas Willard — formation and the “way” we choose

🔥 Memorable Moments

1. The skull on the desk as a daily reminder:
2. “Don’t waste your life.”
3. The contrast between:
4. Distraction-driven culture
5. vs. intentional spiritual formation
6. The observation of elderly lives:
7. People often become either deeply loving…
8. or deeply bitter

💭 Reflection Questions

1. Who am I becoming right now?
2. What habits are shaping my life daily?
3. Am I living for my resume… or my eulogy?
4. What distractions are quietly forming me?
5. How intentionally am I arranging my life around becoming like Jesus?

🙏 Closing Thought

Life is not drifting—it is forming.

Every moment is shaping you into someone.

So live with eternity in view…

and become a person of love through Jesus.

📅 What’s Next

1. Tuesday:
2. Kingdom People in the Pages of History
3. (Continuing the Courage ARC)
4. Next Reading Room Episode:
5. Diving deeper into Spiritual Formation Defined

📣 Connect

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🌐 significanceacademy.com

✨ Signature Close

Live with purpose.

Walk with Him.

Become like Him.

Good day, good day.