Companions Bible Study – Weekly on Mondays (3:00 – 4:30 pm)
Meets via Zoom, using The Gather magazine for their studies. To receive the Zoom link, contact Jen Winslow through the church office.
Book/Bible Study: One Day I Wrote Back
Jane Herring, one of the cohort members of the doctoral program the pastors are pursuing, has written One Day I Wrote Back: Interacting with Scripture through Creative Writing (92 pages). It is a six-session book study/bible study course that invites people to engage the bible through writing. The writing suggested here is scriptio divina, a spiritual discipline. Scriptio divina is not intended to produce a publishable manuscript, or any presentable results. It is a way to explore meaning, gain new perspectives, and foster a relationship with the biblical text.
Please forget spelling, punctuation, and rules of composition you might have learned in school or college. Write down what bubbles up during the exercises. It doesn’t need to be good, interesting, coherent, or structured, and you don’t need to share anything if you don’t want to. Putting pen to paper or typing on the computer opens a new way to imagine and experience scripture.
We will have an introductory meeting and six sessions in Anderson Hall. Every week, the book invites you to read three scripture passages and Jane’s reflections. She provides some guiding questions and some writing prompts. Read, contemplate, and write as much as you like. During the meetings there will be time to write and to share insights, writings, and questions.
Course Dates:
Sunday, Feb. 23, 11:30 AM-12:00 PM, Introduction
Thursday, Feb. 27, 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Session 1
Thursday, March 6, 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Session 2
Thursday, March 13, 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Session 3
Thursday, March 20, 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Session 4
Thursday, March 27, 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Session 5
Thursday, April 3, 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Session 6
Cynthia ordered 30 new copies of the book. The cost per book is $13. Please email Cynthia at [email protected] if you’d like to reserve a copy. Five copies have been reserved, so most are still available. The books should arrive in time for the beginning of the study. Cynthia will send out an email to those who reserved a book to let you know when you can pick up and pay for your copy.
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