On March 20th, we will begin a journey of faith as Beth Moore leads us in a quest to develop a more intimate relationship with Jesus.
Facilitating the need for a participant (possibly including the leader) to miss a session due to other obligations is a challenge that must be faced with this study. A group has been created on Google Groups to provide a forum for members to share comments and resources as well as prayer concerns. Hopefully, everyone will feel comfortable participating in the group.
Each Tuesday evening will begin with prayer requests and a time of prayer. A discussion of the week’s homework will follow. According to the leader’s guide we probably won’t discuss every question since it specifies which questions should be discussed. Of course, we can discuss any question a member wishes to have discussed. This portion of the evening is scheudled to last approximately 40 min. The last half of the evening will be viewing the video for that lesson.
So far, I have only watched the introductory video. During that video, I not only learned a little about Biblical history but was challenged to reflect on that history and its importance to Christ. The video was shot in Jerusalem so I’m expecting to actually see the sights of the Bible in future videos. I feel Beth will be an excellent teacher.
The study involves daily “homework.” It’s taking me between 30 and 45 minutes to complete a day’s lesson — partly because I’m stopping to use other resources to gain further insight into the topic. It also doesn’t help when I don’t know how to answer a question and spend quite a bit of time pondering an answer. Like the video’s, Beth’s teaching shines thru the text.
For those of you who enjoy searching for further information, there are a couple of sources that I would recommend. One is a piece of free software called eSword. This software contains a searchable Bible (in multiple translations) and commentary written by several theologians, including John Wesley. The second is The Catholic Encyclopedia. I like the Catholic Encyclopedia since it provides a lot of historical information on a person and/or topic.
Come along on this journey!
