The Rev. Joseph Farnes
All Saints, Boise
Easter 5B
Reading the Bible
- Reading the Bible in Solitude
- Reading to get acquainted with the text / story / ideas
- Lectio Divina: Reading to listen to God
- Lectio: read it twice, slowly. Preferably aloud!
- Oratio: pray it, what does the passage bring to mind?
- Meditatio: savor it, meditate on it
- Contemplatio: abiding in God’s presence
- Reading the Bible with Commentary
- “Faith Seeking Understanding”: Feeding the Intellect
- Asking questions. “What does this mean?”
- Historical / Cultural background
- Textual / language background
- Interpretation from new perspectives
- Disagreement
- Diversity
- Spiritual Reading: Feeding the Spirit
- Reading with a devotional
- How to bring the wisdom of the Bible into life
- How have other people felt the impact of this passage in their lives?
- “Faith Seeking Understanding”: Feeding the Intellect
- Reading the Bible in Community
- Bible study
- Read it with others – in much of history, we would read aloud!
- In small group, or with a partner!
- Different / diverse perspectives, sharing faith
- Worship
- Reading the Bible in Eucharist
- Morning Prayer / Evening Prayer
- Bible study