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Discipleship often happens when we aren\u2019t looking. It happens in everyday decisions and off-handed comments. In fact, the Bible says we will answer for every careless word that comes out of our mouths (Matthew 12:36).
\nDiscipleship happens as our kids watch us interact with a restaurant server or a store cashier. And in today\u2019s Internet-connected world it can happen across the globe when we experience the fruit from others\u2019 lives and actions.
\nDiscipleship also happens within friendship. This is \u201ciron sharpens iron<\/a>\u201d kind of discipleship. When friends bond over shared experiences or shared interests, those friendships can deepen spiritually as well. Friendship is yet another context where discipleship happens.
\nRecently, people had a chance to peer inside a friendship like this with a short film titled \u201cThe Psalms\u201d featuring Eugene Peterson and Bono. Peterson, translator of The Message<\/em>, and Bono, lead singer of U2, have formed a friendship over the past 15 years as a result of their mutual love for the Psalms.
\n\"Bono<\/a><\/p>\n

Like friendship and discipleship, the Psalms themselves have their own formative power. \u201cI think the Psalms are important,\u201d Peterson says in the film, \u201cbecause for some people, like me, at 12 years old, they showed me that imagination was a way to get inside the truth.<\/strong>\u201d
\nGetting inside the truth is important, for Peterson, because honesty is important. And praying the Psalms was a way to become more honest with God. Later Peterson says of this kind of prayer that \u201cit\u2019s not smooth, it\u2019s not nice, it\u2019s not pretty. But it\u2019s honest<\/strong>, and I think we\u2019re trying for honesty, which is very, very hard in our culture.\u201d
\nBono agreed. \u201cThe psalmist is brutally honest about the explosive joy that he\u2019s feeling and the deep sorrow or confusion. And it\u2019s that that sets the Psalms apart for me.\u201d
\nOne of the deepest ways that iron can sharpen iron is through honest prayers like those found in the Psalms. Praying together with friends has a way of opening space for honesty and realism. A friendship marked by prayer, and prayers shaped by the Psalms can become a powerful tool for discipleship.
\nYou can download a FREE\u00a0copy of Eugene Peterson\u2019s translation of Psalms 1\u201340 here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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