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Translating the Bible into Action

Second Edition (2022) When Jesus was born to Mary, God “translated” himself into our human world. This act of God’s translation continues today wherever the gospel is expressed, in each language and lived out in each culture that makes up…

RichardJune 18, 2022

Meditation and Prayer Responding to Needs Women

African Women Devotional Bible

The African Women Devotional Bible (AWDB) is a collaborative project of the Bible Societies in Africa who have come together to develop a Devotional Bible by African Women. It is a Scripture resource addressing circumstances and questions African Christian Women…

RichardSeptember 10, 2021

Bible Reading Meditation and Prayer Visual Arts

The Abide Bible

"The Abide Bible is an answer to prayer for those of us passionate about Scripture engagement. The features are designed so you can absorb the Word of God in a transformative way." (Tessie Devore, Lumo Project) Created in partnership with…

RichardAugust 3, 2020

Advocacy Bible Reading Meditation and Prayer Memorising Scripture

Bible Gateway Scripture Engagement

So what is Scripture engagement? It is a way of hearing and reading the Bible with an awareness that it is in the Scriptures that we primarily meet God. It is a marinating, mulling over, reflecting, dwelling on, pondering of…

RichardJanuary 13, 2015

Meditation and Prayer

Praying Scripture

While many tend to think of prayer and Bible reading as separate spiritual practices (e.g. first I pray, then I read the Bible), they can be even more powerful when combined into one practice of "praying Scripture." The Forum Of…

RichardMay 23, 2014

Meditation and Prayer

Lectio Divina

Scripture engagement is a way of hearing and reading the Bible with an awareness that it is in the Bible that we primarily meet God. It is a marinating on, mulling over, reflecting on, dwelling on, pondering of the Scriptures,…

RichardApril 29, 2014

Bible Reading Meditation and Prayer

Eat This Book

"I want to pull the Christian Scriptures back from the margins of the contemporary imagination where they have been so rudely elbowed by their glamorous competitors, and reestablish them at the center as the text for living the Christian life…

RichardNovember 28, 2009

Meditation and Prayer

Accepting the Embrace of God: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina

Lectio divina has no goal other than that of being in the presence of God by praying the Scriptures. The reading or listening which is the first step in lectio divina is very different from the speed reading which modern…

RichardJuly 23, 2009

Bible Reading Meditation and Prayer

Bible Reading Start-up Guide

Too often, we take a purely intellectual approach to the Bible. We think that studying more and more will somehow make God’s Word come alive. Of course, it’s valuable to gain Bible knowledge and to learn biblical truth. But the…

RichardApril 25, 2009

Meditation and Prayer Research

The Psalms and Spirituality

"...the creative engagement between respondents and text results from respondents discovering that the psalms resonate with their idealism and basic human needs in ways that facilitate their ongoing spiritual quest for meaning and enlightenment, as well as providing an opportunity…

RichardFebruary 13, 2009

Meditation and Prayer

Translating the Bible into Action

African Women Devotional Bible

The Abide Bible

Bible Gateway Scripture Engagement

Praying Scripture

Lectio Divina

Eat This Book

Accepting the Embrace of God: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina

Bible Reading Start-up Guide

The Psalms and Spirituality

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