Wise Words on Wednesday: Basics of Life

When you feel life out of focus always return to basic of life
– Mr. Miyagi, Karate Kid II
"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine

When you feel life out of focus always return to basic of life
– Mr. Miyagi, Karate Kid II
Today I thought I’d post the fourth part of my five-part series on leading a Bible study. In the earlier posts (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3) I discussed some Do’s and Don’ts of preparation, beginning the meeting and starting the discussion. Today I would now like to continue to discuss some suggested Do’s and Don’ts of guiding the discussion…

DON’T: Sit inappropriately close. It’s kinda creepy 😉
Continuing the series of posts on Leading a Bible study (Part 1 | Part 2), we finally come to the discussion portion of the Bible study! Here are my suggested Do’s and Don’ts…
After the feasts and solemnities of recent weeks, we finally return to the regular Sundays in Ordinary Time. For the next few weeks, our New Testament Reading we will come from St. Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians and, for the remainder of this year, we will be working sequentially through the Gospel of Mark.
The Readings this week make heavy use of plant imagery. So, dig out your trowel, dust off your gardening gloves and let’s get stuck in!
(Thanks to Niyog for this one)
In case you’re wondering to what this refers, Pope Paul VI wrote a letter in 1968 entitled Humanae Vitae. In it, he wrote the following:
Earlier this week I posted a list of Do’s and Don’ts for leading Bible study, focusing particularly on the preparation before the group gets together. Today I would like to continue that list, looking at some of the Do’s and Don’ts concerning the start of the meeting itself.

Some people have difficulty sharing during Bible Studies…