In my sermon last Sunday, I invited us to embrace this Lent as a season of listening in three ways:
*Listening to God in scripture.
*Listening to God in each other.
*Listening to God in prayer.
As a way of listening to God in scripture, I invited everyone to take up the practice of regular -- if not daily -- Bible reading. To pick one book of the Bible and to read it slowly throughout Lent and listen for God's voice in your life and in our life together.
I also said that I would provide some basic resources for choosing a book and some suggestions about how to go about trying out this discipline.
So here they are. I've put together a 3-pager called "Listening to God in Scripture: A Lenten Guide." Just click here to download the pdf. It deals with:
*Choosing a book of the Bible to read
*How much to read? When to read? Where to read?
*How do I read scripture? Is it just like reading any other book?
*Some suggestions on commentaries as companions for Bible study.
I hope you find this helpful. And all of the clergy and members of the discipleship group (those who have taken Basic Discipleship and have continued on with supporting one another in growing in Christ through prayer, worship, study, service and giving ... Ronnie Smith, Susan Adams, Penny James, Patty Mayfield, Jane Mayfield, Roy Garcia, Mike Kyzer, Miriam Jenkins, Fred Peterson, Mary Seager, Alex Weymann) would also be happy to share their experiences with you and help you get started.
Why is this important for Christ Church Cathedral?
We exist as a church to follow Jesus and to center our lives on him. As Episcopalians, scripture is the primary source we look to for Christ's dreams for us to be revealed. As we enter into the process of discerning our shared, core values (which is another way of saying "this is what we believe Christ dreams for us to be about."), it is important that we listen to the voice of God in scripture so that the values and agenda at our core are our best attempts to listen to God and not just our own desires. But more than that, this week's Gospel reminds us ... the road with Jesus is the road of saving our lives.
What do you think?
What are your experiences of reading scripture. If you have chosen a book to read during Lent, what is it? What have you found helpful? What has been a struggle. Share so we can be doing this together!
*Listening to God in scripture.
*Listening to God in each other.
*Listening to God in prayer.
As a way of listening to God in scripture, I invited everyone to take up the practice of regular -- if not daily -- Bible reading. To pick one book of the Bible and to read it slowly throughout Lent and listen for God's voice in your life and in our life together.
I also said that I would provide some basic resources for choosing a book and some suggestions about how to go about trying out this discipline.
So here they are. I've put together a 3-pager called "Listening to God in Scripture: A Lenten Guide." Just click here to download the pdf. It deals with:
*Choosing a book of the Bible to read
*How much to read? When to read? Where to read?
*How do I read scripture? Is it just like reading any other book?
*Some suggestions on commentaries as companions for Bible study.
I hope you find this helpful. And all of the clergy and members of the discipleship group (those who have taken Basic Discipleship and have continued on with supporting one another in growing in Christ through prayer, worship, study, service and giving ... Ronnie Smith, Susan Adams, Penny James, Patty Mayfield, Jane Mayfield, Roy Garcia, Mike Kyzer, Miriam Jenkins, Fred Peterson, Mary Seager, Alex Weymann) would also be happy to share their experiences with you and help you get started.
Why is this important for Christ Church Cathedral?
We exist as a church to follow Jesus and to center our lives on him. As Episcopalians, scripture is the primary source we look to for Christ's dreams for us to be revealed. As we enter into the process of discerning our shared, core values (which is another way of saying "this is what we believe Christ dreams for us to be about."), it is important that we listen to the voice of God in scripture so that the values and agenda at our core are our best attempts to listen to God and not just our own desires. But more than that, this week's Gospel reminds us ... the road with Jesus is the road of saving our lives.
What do you think?
What are your experiences of reading scripture. If you have chosen a book to read during Lent, what is it? What have you found helpful? What has been a struggle. Share so we can be doing this together!
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