Today’s Reflection
The need to read the Bible formationally is as great now as it was when Bob [Mulholland] first wrote this book. . . . Without the kind of reading that Bob commends, we run the risk of having what John Wesley called “dead orthodoxy.”
—Steve Harper, in the Foreword, Shaped by the Word: The Power of Scripture in Spiritual Formation, Anniversary Edition
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Today’s Question
What does reading the Bible “formationally” mean to you? Have you ever read it this way?
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Today’s Scripture
But be doers of the word and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.
—James 1:22 (NRSVUE)
Prayer for the Week
God, I rest in your word. I chew on it slowly. Thoughtfully. Contemplatively. So I can plumb the depths of all that you have to say. I trust that as I digest your word you are at work. Amen.
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Lectionary Readings
- Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7)
- Psalm 100
- Romans 5:1-8
- Matthew 9:35-10:8, (9-23)
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