Do Not Merely Hear

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(Upper Room Books, 2023)

Today’s Question

What does reading the Bible “formationally” mean to you? Have you ever read it this way?

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.