For the past week this exploration of the Big Questions that can make our Scripture reading more meaningful has been focusing on ensuring we leave our reading changed. So far we’ve framed that goal in terms of personal growth and development, and expanding in awareness, empathy, and love. Today we’ll tie these two themes together … Continue reading Big Questions: What Is the Impact of My Interpretation on Others?
Sometimes I feel like a broken record here. But to my defense, Jesus’ teachings are for the most part pretty straight forward and variations on a few themes. We’re just not very good at embodying them. But, at the risk of repeating myself, one of the strangest and most frightening trends in contemporary Christianity is … Continue reading A Gift of Peace: A Reflection on John 14:23-29
Another week has past and I'm another year older, so it's time for another quick look at what's been lighting me up this week. As I mentioned, I had a birthday this week. My birthday generally falls on the long weekend that marks the cultural start of Summer here in Canada, which means it's normally … Continue reading What’s Lighting Me Up (May 24, 2025)
As we continue asking the Big Questions that can help us better understand, interpret, and apply the Scriptures, today we find ourselves in the midst of the last step: Expand. After doing the introductory work of the Experience and Encounter steps and the heavy lifting of the Explore and Challenge steps, we evaluate our emerging … Continue reading Big Questions: How Does My Interpretation Expand Love?
This series on “Reading the Bible Better” has been all about the Big Questions that can help us better understand, interpret, and apply the Scriptures in our day-to-day lives. They are also the questions at the root of the various steps of the Integral Hermeneutic method I developed a few years ago: 1. We experience … Continue reading Big Questions: How Does My Interpretation Encourage Growth?
Matthew Root 