The Bible Challenge – Week 1
For those of you who are new to St Thomas the Apostle, I wanted to give a little background on the Bible Challenge and to encourage you to join us in the challenge this year! The Bible Challenge is a program created by the Rev. Marek P. Zabriskie, an Episcopal Priest. If you choose to […]
The Bible Challenge – Week 23
It is hard to believe that we are just about in mid-summer! Time seems to have flown by in 2016. We have a lot to be thankful for at St Thomas, there is lots of activity, lots of movement, lots of folks getting more involved. Each time I am at the church, I can feel […]
The Bible Challenge – Week 15
I hope as I write this that those of you who have accepted the challenge are up to date, or at least close, on your readings in the challenge! It was my desire and prayer for us to start the challenge as part of our 2016 Lenten discipline and to continue through the celebration of […]
The Bible Challenge – Week 5
The average Episcopalian now attends church once a month. Studies show that we forget 90-95% of what we hear within 72 hours. Listening to the Bible being read aloud in church is not the best way to engage God’s Word. Pick the Bible up and read it. Get everyone around you reading it. Then the […]
The Bible Challenge – Week 9
We are in the midst of Eastertide, the great 50 days of Easter and we all have something to be thankful for. I am in hopes that those of you who have accepted this challenge are up to date on your readings and that you are into a good routine of daily prayer and study […]
The Bible Challenge – Week Three
Well, we are into week three of the Bible challenge and I hope those of you participating are up to date on your reading. If you are not, (like me), that is ok, just find a little extra time to catch up and get back on track. I hope each of you are getting into […]
Bible Challenge Week Two
We are into our second week of the Bible Challenge and I hope you are up to date on your readings. A lot has happened in this first week… creation to Abraham in the OT, and the birth of Jesus to John the Baptist, to the calling of the disciples in Matthew. Hang on, it […]
Introducing the Bible Challenge
The Bible Challenge is a program created by the Rev. Marek P. Zabriskie, an Episcopal Priest. Come with us as we take a great journey through the Bible, a year-long reading adventure. If you choose to purchase the book, The Bible Challenge, each days readings are accompanied by a meditation written by a church leader […]
The Bible Challenge
2017 Bible Challenge For those of you who are current, you will complete the challenge on Monday, February 13, and for that I congratulate you! You have taken an incredible journey through the bible and I hope that you feel your life is better for undertaking the challenge. I trust that you found reading the […]
Are You Ready for the Bible Challenge?
Books take us on great journeys through our minds eye, and I assure you the Bible is no different. As we read and meditate, we can see the chapters and lives of those in the Bible come to life in our minds …. there can be no greater journey. As a church we worship and […]