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The ART of ENGAGING with SCRIPTURE

The very otherness of the Bible makes reading and understanding
​it a tricky business. 

The very otherness of the Bible makes reading and understanding it a tricky business.  The distance, in both time and culture of the Bible from our time today makes it almost totally foreign to readers today.  As a result, we either neglect reading it or stick with reading only our favorite bits.  We need help in reading this ancient and wonderful Text and encouragement to keep on reading it.  Storymakers is a way to engage Scripture, especially its many stories, in order to experience meaningful encounters with the Living Lord who still speaks his Word to us today.  The practice of Storymakers is a simple yet profound approach to Scripture that can be used together in a small group or alone in solitude.
 
Those who practice Storymakers as the art of engaging Scripture aren’t required to be well versed in the Bible and its various methods of interpretation.  They merely need to be willing to submit to the Spirit of Jesus as they carefully observe a passage, paying attention to details, and then wondering about meaning and imagining their own encounter with Jesus in a Bible story.  The primary goal of Storymakers is formation rather than information.
 
To understand the way of Storymakers read:
“Reading the Bible together for all its worth” for a comprehensive explanation of the group practice of 'storymakers' through five distinct movements.
“Reading the Bible for all you’re worth” explains the popular spiritual discipline of lectio divina (reading Scripture prayerfully).  Lectio is central to the practice of Storymakers as an art of engaging Scripture.

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  • Home
  • LIVE THE STORY
    • READING the BIBLE for all YOU’RE WORTH
    • READING the BIBLE TOGETHER for all its WORTH
    • Tell me a story and put me in it
  • Read Your Bible
    • Lent and Easter 2023 >
      • A Second Gaze
    • Advent 2022
  • Spiritual Practices
    • SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
    • RETREATS >
      • Next Retreat Date
      • Personal Retreat
  • Sacred Sagas
    • Smallbones Saga 2022
    • You just need to be thirsty
    • Power the Jesus' Way
    • Response to Jan 6
    • Binding the Strong Man
    • Come, everything is ready
    • Help my Unbelief (Mk 9:14-29)
    • Off with your shoes
    • Psalms and prayer
    • Praying in Ugly Times
    • The Messiah we Want
    • Why I can't vote for Trump
    • Worship & Discipleship
  • About Me
  • Contact