Christian Internship! - week one // part one

May 2, 2012 Group bible study starts at 8:00 in the morning…actually, 7:55, since that’s when everyone is expected to arrive. Those five minutes leave just enough time for pouring a cup of coffee or tea before situating yourself in a seat around the table. The Bible study’s a lot more intense and brainpower-consuming than you’d think it would be. Every intern prepares a presentation on one or more assigned chapters in the Bible that’s supposed to last an hour, but they end up being much longer than an hour because of all the discussion and questions to get to what it actually says. One of the coaches will ask all sorts of thought-provoking questions that catch people off-guard and help them discover what the Bible really means. It’s really a group-discovery though, with no one really quite understanding all of what’s going on until we get through every verse, the Hebrew (original language) meanings of some of the words, commentaries by renowned Bible scholars, and questions and thoughts from the rest of the group. The presentations last till around noon, with one 5-minute break in the middle – so it’s basically 4 hours straight of reading and studying the Bible. It’s amazingly interesting and stimulates all sorts of inspirations – I find myself needing to write down so many of the thoughts just tossed out there to save for further reflection.