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More Like Jesus · A walk through Mark's Gospel

Don't just study about Jesus. Experience the full story.

Twice a week, a few verses of Mark arrive in your inbox — one scene at a time, entered rather than examined, with him in it. The walk is underway now, and a new season begins soon. Come in wherever you are.

Free to read, always. Paid subscriptions are optional, and 100% of revenue supports Invite Ministries.

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Why Invite makes this

Jesus invited people to follow him and be changed. We are doing likewise.

Invite exists to help people learn to live more like Jesus. Everything we publish is built on the conviction that discipleship happens by proximity — that people are changed by walking along the way with Jesus, not by mastering material about him. More Like Jesus is that conviction in its simplest form: one Gospel, entered scene by scene, in company, over years.

It is not a side project or a single book. It is the theology of Invite, made into an experience you can start this week.

High on Jesus, low on politics

The subject is a person, not a position. You can bring anyone you know.

Formation over information

Not more to know. A different way of walking, one passage at a time.

Wesleyan and congregational

Grace-shaped, written for real churches and the groups inside them.

Why this exists

So — what should we study next?

Every reader and every group eventually hits that question. You want something worth your valuable time, deep without requiring a seminary degree, and closer to a conversation than a curriculum.

More Like Jesus is our answer: the Gospel of Mark, a few verses at a time, for as long as it takes. Start now and the next thing to read is already decided.

A story you step into, not a syllabus you finish.

What arrives

One scene, and you're standing in it.

A few verses of Mark, twice a week

Every entry braids three threads into one cord: the story in the text, one man's story, and yours. Nothing to prepare, nothing to catch up on. Open it, walk a few verses, close it, carry it into the day.

The verse
A few lines of Mark, in order — the story as it happened.
The scene
You're inside it, standing where the disciples stood, and then it walks into your actual week.
A prayer
Short enough to mean it.

Entries run in order, scene by scene, so the reading tracks Mark's gospel and the books as they come.

A recent entry

Withdrawing

Mark 3:7 · The Way to Trust, Scene 6
"Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed."
Mark 3:7

The plot against him has just been set, but Jesus steps away. It's neither a retreat nor a defeat, but a change of ground. He keeps working, on his own terms... and the crowd comes anyway.

"Other Bible studies drive through a town. This one is a slow walk — and it helps me see things I never saw before."

A lifelong Christian in Len's small group
Endorsements

People come for one thing and find so much more.

Some discover a devotional, some a Bible study, and some the best writing they've read in years.

For readers
I have followed Jesus for over 40 years, but as I read, I felt like I was meeting Jesus for the first time. These are books I could give to a seeker as well as a mature Jesus follower without any hesitation or embarrassment.
Ivan Filby · Author, pastor; former president, Seedbed
Are you stuck, stalled, or struggling on your journey of faith? Len serves as a trusted guide who comes alongside you on your walk. This book is an encouraging infusion of hope for the weary soul.
Matthew Hartsfield · Lead Pastor, Bay Hope Church
Powerfully written. Jesus is the mater storyteller, but Len is not too shabby himself. I found myself riveted to the manuscript — real, raw and relational. It gripped my heart. I'm pretty confident it will do the same for your soul.
David Olshine · Professor, Columbia International University
In an era when Jesus is often claimed by competing ideologies, Len Wilson offers a refreshing return to the earliest written witness to Jesus. Walking carefully through Mark's story, he invites readers beyond debate and into discipleship, helping them encounter anew Jesus' simple but life-changing call: "Follow me."
Robert G. Johnson · Location Pastor, Resurrection, A United Methodist Church
For leaders
Len invites us to stop performing Christianity and start abiding in the Person of Christ. He hasn't just written a Bible study; he has mapped out a healing pilgrimage to become whole.
Leonard Sweet · Author and theologian
A multi-volume trek through Mark's Gospel that integrates solid commentary and imaginative storytelling. Len's ability to both speak from the text and place the reader inside the text offers fresh perspectives on a most familiar Gospel.
Shane L. Bishop · Senior Pastor, Christ Church
Wesley said reason can paint a fine picture of fire, but it can't make it burn. Len has the same conviction. Scripture's goal is transformation through walking with Jesus into his story. This is the way to begin again, and how to catch the fire.
Ron Crandall · Professor Emeritus, Asbury Theological Seminary
If we truly believe Scripture is a gold mine of God's living word, then let's go slow and see what we hear and learn.
Chris Backert · Senior Director, Ascent Movement
The Way to Begin Again, Book One of the More Like Jesus series
Book One · September 2026

The Way to Begin Again

How Jesus Awakens Hope in Your Weary Heart

MARK 1:1 – 2:5

Faith rarely dies all at once. The prayers just get shorter and the waiting gets longer, until belief and unbelief begin to feel about the same.

A slow walk through the opening of Mark for people in exactly that place. Across six scenes, Mark names the lies that keep hope out of reach — that you should be able to fix yourself, that you are what you produce, that God is distant, that in the end you are on your own — and one at a time, hands us permission to set them down.

Act One · Follow

Four books walk the first six chapters of Mark's Gospel.

Meet Jesus, learn to trust him, and begin the long work of being formed by his presence.

The Way to Begin Again
Book One
The Way to Begin Again
Mark 1:1 – 2:5
The Way to Trust
Book Two
The Way to Trust
Mark 2:6 – 3:12
The Way to Follow
Book Three
The Way to Follow
Mark 3:13 – 4:34
The Way of Calling
Book Four
The Way of Calling
Mark 4:35 – 6:13

Eight more will follow for a total of twelve books across three acts, covering the entire Jesus story as told in Mark's Gospel, from 1:1 to 16:20. Each book both stands on its own and continues the journey.

"Len Wilson is an extraordinarily gifted communicator of the Good News of Jesus, reaching a variety of audiences in faithful and authentic ways."
Wes Olds · Lead Pastor, Grace Church, Cape Coral
Len Wilson
The writer

Len Wilson

Len is Executive Director of Invite Ministries and the author of twelve books, including Telos: The Hope of Heaven Today with Leonard Sweet, Digital Storytellers, and The Wired Church. Over thirty-five years in ministry he has trained thousands of churches in visual worship and narrative theology.

He has spent fifteen years working through Mark's Gospel this way, and he is convinced it is how the first disciples experienced Jesus — by proximity, not by mastery. More Like Jesus is where that work finally gets written down.

Before you subscribe

Is it really free?

Yes. The walk through Mark is free to read and stays that way. A paid subscription adds extras and supports the work — $8 a month or $80 a year, and 100% of it goes to Invite Ministries.

What if I'm starting in the middle?

Start where we are. Nothing is locked, the archive is open, and a new season begins in September if you'd rather come in at a doorway.

Do I need to know the Bible well?

No. Entering a story doesn't require expertise. Readers who have followed Jesus for forty years and readers still deciding are reading the same entries.

How much time is this?

About five minutes, twice a week. The slow pace is what reading from the inside does to you, not a shortfall.

For pastors and group leaders

Walking it with a group?

Every book has a write-in workbook edition, and each act has a leader's guide. Groups read the entries between meetings and gather around the workbook — the study runs itself.

See the group path →

Start with the next entry.

Twice a week, five minutes at a time, until the whole Gospel has gone by and something in you has moved. Not by trying harder — by staying close.

100% of subscription revenue supports Invite Ministries, a non-profit helping people learn to live more like Jesus.

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