I was worried about this one at first since it felt like we were making our own Thomas Jefferson Bible... but then I thought more about it and realized this is just a visual methodology for the Lectio Divina I was taught in Seminary. My brain worshipped the paper that the Bible was printed on more than the Living Word present within the words and my life. I think, when done responsibly, this is an excellent practice!
I was definitely getting Lectio vibes off this too, but I love the idea of focus and interpretation as a way of making scripture come alive. So often we boil things down to literal depictions (or what's assumed as literal... I'm looking at you Renaissance Era painters and your fair-skinned, long-locked, muscle-y Jesus) and I think the most illuminating part of scripture tends to be when it's engaged with on a personal level like this.
Okay, go ahead and hand me my Heretic Card, I suppose. :P
I was worried about this one at first since it felt like we were making our own Thomas Jefferson Bible... but then I thought more about it and realized this is just a visual methodology for the Lectio Divina I was taught in Seminary. My brain worshipped the paper that the Bible was printed on more than the Living Word present within the words and my life. I think, when done responsibly, this is an excellent practice!
I was definitely getting Lectio vibes off this too, but I love the idea of focus and interpretation as a way of making scripture come alive. So often we boil things down to literal depictions (or what's assumed as literal... I'm looking at you Renaissance Era painters and your fair-skinned, long-locked, muscle-y Jesus) and I think the most illuminating part of scripture tends to be when it's engaged with on a personal level like this.
Okay, go ahead and hand me my Heretic Card, I suppose. :P