Writing in the Margins

No other time-honored spiritual practice is as immediate, raw, andengaged with Scripture as writing--responding to God--in the margins ofthe Bible. Composers like Bach to theologians like Barth, botanists andsaints--all have written their thoughts directly in their Bibles. Indoing so they engaged their fullest selves with our most significanttext.Some people have lived with Scripture all their lives and yet feelestranged from it. This book inspires a new encounter with ';the livingWord'--and jump-starts a deep, creative, and hands-on approach toreading Scripture.As you sit, with pencil, pen, crayon, or marker in hand and Bible inlap, at whatever edges of life you are living within, now thatinvitation is yours. The creative practice of writing in the marginscreates a divine conversation that transforms and guides. Meet God inthe margins. Let God shape your character from the living interaction onthe pages of your Bible.Writing in the Margins is a book about making connections onthe pages of your Bible--and introduces a devotional and scriptural pathof engagement that is life-changing.