Have you ever wanted to dig deeper in your personal Bible study but you don't know how...
... or you feel like there’s a different way to read than the way you were taught growing up?
Introducing...
Journey into the Bible
Learn faithful ways to engage with Scripture that take seriously context, history, and explore what the texts mean for us today.
Here's what you'll get when you enroll today
- 4 modules with videos, journaling prompts, and tools teaching you how to read and understand the Bible with both your head and your heart.
- A downloadable journal where you can store all of your thoughts and reflections so you can put everything you're learning into practice!
- Extra Resources for diving deeper into the material, studying on your own, and taking it even further.
We're going to cover:
What we’re bringing to the text
Excavating everything we’ve been taught and the emotions we have.
How to take your study deeper
Where do you go when you have questions? How can you dig deeper to find out what certain words mean?
Fun assignments that will help you internalize everything you’re learning
Put everything you’re learning into practice through fun exercises and opportunities to share what you’re learning with others.
Does any of this sound familar?
- You are so ready to finally read the Bible without any shame or anger.
- The Bible has been used against you but you know that's not the whole story, you want tools to understand and share the GOOD NEWS of Scripture.
- You're longing to have the tools to engage with Scripture with both your head and your heart.
- Finally, you can understand the beauty in all of the Bible, even if it's been used against you in the past (and without going into debt for seminary).
I've been there too...
Growing up I was taught that the Bible was the literal, inerrant Word of God. Not only that but any question I had could be answered by simply opening up the Bible and reading. Anyone who said otherwise was sinning and deceived.
Imagine my shock when I learned, later, that reading the Bible in this way is actually a pretty modern invention! And not only that but there are lots of other ways to read Scripture that are not only MORE faithful but also more life giving!
But learning to read in a new way felt overwhelming. I felt like I had to throw out everything I had been taught and start over.
Thankfully over years of doing this work I’ve learned that you don’t need a seminary education to learn to read the Bible better; there are a few tools that will help you to go deeper and make better connections.
I’m so excited to share them with you in this course!
– Fr. Shay
And so have others...
“I must say that this in that transition period [between going to an unaffirming church and finding a new church home] the courses and community here became, in my mind, the real manifestation of the Body of Christ for me. This space will forever remain in my heart as the place where I learned that I deserved more than tolerance, and could ask God for more grace as manifested in a community ‘in real life’”
– Jon Carl
After years of rejecting Christian scripture because of narrow, imperialist interpretations, Queer Theology has helped me reclaim it as a tool for making meaning in my life.
I joined hoping to find a place to go deeper in my explorations without having to apologize for either my queerness or my Christianity or even my doubts about the divinity of Christ.
It has been all that and more. Truly the community I’ve been searching for. We explore and question together. We celebrate one another’s joys and share in each others tears. And we always know we have a safe place where our whole self is welcome.
– Mandie
Some Common Questions You Might Have
The lessons & video lectures and accompanying workbooks are available on-demand. You’ll have instant access to the complete course and you can go through the materials on your own schedule.
We designed the course so that you can go through it at your own pace and with as much depth as you’d like. Some power through the course doing a unit a week. Others “go slower” and spread out going through everything over a much longer period of time. Whatever works for you is what works! This course is designed to be done at your own pace (and you have lifetime access to it).
We’ve designed this course so that even if you’re totally new to the Bible you can get something out of it. We’re going to be walking you through several passages as well as helping you to make connections between your own story and the text. But we’re not going to throw you into the deep end without a life preserver! Even if you don’t know much about the Bible, if you enter in with an open heart and a willingness to read the text you’ll be just fine!
We’ve found that even lots of folks who grew up in progressive communities weren’t given the tools to study the Bible on their own. So even if you have heard lots of progressive interpretations of Scripture, if you still don’t know how to find those interpretations on your own, this course will be helpful. We’ll do some overviews of how to read the Bible, but then go into practical tips and tools for continuing to do this work on your own.
Straight, cis folks who are asking this question are the exact ones we want to be taking this course! (no thanks on ppl barging in and throwing their privilege around) We think that queering theology is important for straight folks too and so we would absolutely love to have you. We have had straight, cis people participate in the past and it’s been a positive experience for everyone. If you bring the same sort of mindfulness to the space that you’re bringing to this question and to consideration of this course, you’ll be in a great spot.
Get ready to fall in love with the Bible again in a whole new way!
Payment Plan
- 4 modules with videos, journaling prompts, and tools teaching you how to read and understand the Bible with both your head and your heart.
- A downloadable journal where you can store all of your thoughts and reflections so you can put everything you're learning into practice!
- Extra resources for diving deeper into the material, studying on your own, and taking it even further.
3 monthly payments of
$30/month
Pay in Full
- 4 modules with videos, journaling prompts, and tools teaching you how to read and understand the Bible with both your head and your heart.
- A downloadable journal where you can store all of your thoughts and reflections so you can put everything you're learning into practice!
- Extra Resources for diving deeper into the material, studying on your own, and taking it even further.