Culturally Savvy Christian, ch. 5

"I came to realize that God didn't want my partial transformation; He wanted to make me a completely well person. I saw that God wasn't interested in transforming me so that I could transform the world; God wanted to transform me so that I could become fully human. Transforming the world is the by-product, not the aim of being fully human, and it only occurs when transformed individuals seek and do God's will as Jesus did." I think this is a critical point that Staub seeks to establish in this chapter. He offers some practices of transformation in our lives:

4 Private Disciplines: prayer, study, meditation, and fasting

4 Public Disciplines: simplicity, solitude, mission, and serving

4 Communal Disciplines: confession, worship, guidance and celebration