We are all familiar with the stories where Jesus selects a band of disciples, lives his life with them, minister with them and mentor them. This approach to the formation of followers was common in Israel of Jesus' day it was this life-on-life phenomenon that facilitated the transfer of information and ideas into concrete historical situations. Discipleship is the ongoing, life long process of discovering and living out God's call to the person God created you to be as you participated in God's purpose in creation in your particular title and place.