Reading the Bible Together
I lead a small group Bible study on Wednesdays. We call ourselves “WOW” for Word on Wednesday. It’s one of my favorite things to do because sitting together in that space and sharing thoughts and ideas while reading scripture together is invaluable to me. I learn so much in the process of preparing the class discussions and I hope everyone there learns things, too. I value the time we spend together – and not every conversation we’ve had has been cookie-cutter or easy! Right now we’re working through the Apocrypha, which I haven’t really spent much time in since my Old Testament class in college. So, I’m learning as much planning the lessons as they are hearing me teach them. Reading the Bible in a group is a thing we can do to grow as disciples. It’s one thing to read the Bible alone and come to our own conclusions, and it’s good to spend time in personal devotions. There’s something about reading the Bible in a group, though, that challenges our way of thin