Knowing

I had a lesson I learned a long time ago reinforced for me this week. I'm always encouraged when I see a principle that I learned in one context play out in another. So here's what happened. I was in training for a new team that I'm a part of at work. Our task is to build out a new software solution for the members of our organization. The purpose of the training was to synchronize multiple teams to perform agile software development. The people comprising the teams are from different backgrounds relative to the method that we will use to develop the software. The revelation, if you will, came when the facilitator said: "You all know how this works but you don't understand how it works, that will take some time as you live it." That instantaneously brought this piece of the Bible to mind:

and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God

When you take the translation from the New International Version at face value this seems like a confusing passage. "know this love that surpasses knowledge..." What is Paul talking about? Please forgive me while I let my inner philologist (lover of words) run wild for a couple minutes. This is one of those cases where the original language makes clear what seems kind of fuzzy in English. The word translated as know above is the Greek word ginosko which means "to know by experience." The word translated as knowledge is the Greek word gnosis which can be translated as "to know objectively." To try and put it in a more current context what Paul is trying to differentiate here is the difference between what we would call "know how" and "know what". Both Paul and my instructor know that whether being a disciple of Jesus or an agile software developer, there is this little thing called "practice" involved in getting from knowing about the topic in your head and experiencing it in reality. It leads me to this question?

Why are we so willing to go through the pain of learning a new way of working for works sake but not willing to go through the pain of learning a new way of "churching", (forgive the pun, I can't resist) for Jesus sake?

I'm super tempted to start to fill in all the answers I can imagine right now. I don't think that's the purpose I'm supposed to be after here. My perception is that Jesus already showed us how when He walked the earth. He even told us to follow Him. I'm not convinced that the translation of His practices to our context is that difficult. How can you practice today?