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Elijah

Sep 9

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I’ve talked about Bible Storying before.

Here is the picture for the story of Elijah and the Prophets of Baal that I use with the Hispanic group I meet with on a weekly basis. That’s where I was when I totaled my neighbor’s car.

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Tower of Babel

Aug 26

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Amanda, my wife, is a disciple maker. We talk about discipleship in the seminary classroom a lot. I’m afraid, however, we actually do it much less than we talk about it. It’s hard. Giving of yourself to other people for weeks, months, and years may be one of the toughest things you’ll ever do. At the same time, it is one of the most rewarding.

Amanda is giving of herself virtually 24 hours a day, seven days a week to our kids. She’s discipling them. She is teaching them to walk in relationship with and obedience to God.

One of the ways that she does that is through telling them the stories of the Bible.

Recently, I helped her teach Sophia about the Tower of Babel.

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[Amanda telling the story of the Tower of Babel to Sophia.]
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[Building the Tower of Babel out of graham crackers and peanut butter.]
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[Just moments before snack time!]

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Know the Story

Jul 1

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I’m sold on Bible Storying. Not so much because of the research on orality (though it is compelling), but because it resonates in my own experience of encountering the scriptures. When I read the scriptures as a story, God’s Sacred Story, I connect on a level that has never been reached by argument or logic.

I am storying at a home Bible study that I lead on Wednesday nights. We started with Creation and are about to get into the New Testament. This week we are taking a bit of a break by celebrating how far we’ve come. I’m also giving them a test on the stories we’ve covered thus far.

How well do you know God’s Sacred Story? Click here and see if you know the story and where it is located. For each picture, the students have to tell me: 1) Name of Story. 2) Location of Story (book only). 3) Recite Memory Verse Associated with the Story.

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We Assimilate It

Feb 13

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Christians feed on Scripture. Holy Scripture nurtures the holy community as food nurtures the human body. Christians don’t simply learn or study or use Scripture; we assimilate it, take it into our lives in such a way that it gets metabolized into acts of love, cups of cold water, missions into all the world, healing and evangelism and justice in Jesus’ name, hands raised in adoration of the Father, feet washed in company with the Son.

- Eugene Peterson, Eat this Book

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