For the last year each Sunday morning has dealt with a particular theme. We have explored The tough saying of Jesus 1 & 2, study books called exploring faith & practicing faith, and most recently we did a series on evil. We have had weeks where conversation is flowing and people are engaged and other weeks where I am there by myself twiddling my thumbs. So through much prayer I decided that instead of finding some lesson or some theme to explore we would should just pick up our Bibles. So for now and I hope for the long-term future we will gather on Sunday mornings and read the Bible.
Now for some that might sound a bit boring but so is being uninterested in the lesson/theme which could last for weeks. The idea is to come together and read the Bible as it is meant to be read. Many times we pick up the Bible and read it to seek what it says on a particular subject or in our case on what theme we are discussing. We rarely if ever allow the subject to arise from our reading. My hope is to approach scripture as a story that is rich enough to enliven conversation without us having to bring to the Bible our agenda, lesson or theme. My ultimate desire is to spark a passion in us as a community to read the Bible. My hope is that through our weekly gatherings we will begin to discover the living Word and the Word will being to grab each of us in a way that we will want to read the Bible every day. I also want to encourage study of scripture but I personally don’t think that can happen in a fruitful way until we have a passion to read the Bible.
One more thing about Sunday mornings…The 4th Sunday of every month we will meet at IHOP off of Harding & Nolensville at 9:30AM. Pancakes and Jesus… yummy!
Peace,
Nate
