The Biblical narrative is meant to be heard. God wants to have a conversation.

How shall we have our conversation with God?

What I’ve observed over the last several years is that in the life of the church we tend to talk a lot more than we do, and we tend to listen passively rather than actively understand.  We refer to Jesus, scripture, and even preaching as “the Word.”  Luther called the church “the mouth house” meaning it to be a place where “the Word” and our words came together.   The modern world approached learning “the Word” this way – a group sitting passively, while listening to someone regarded as knowledgable. Now that we are in a digital, active and more collaborative age – that approach doesn’t always connect with people anymore.

In worship we tend to sit and listen more than we actively engage the scriptures.  The same can be true concerning Christian Education.  For decades…