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Comment by Angela Kurkiewicz on 10th mo. 8, 2011 at 10:48am

Just wanted to say hello! I have very little experience with the Bible itself (my grandmother would recite things from heart...and it was mostly from songs not actual bible verses anyways). I am currently reading the Gospel of John and am enjoying it immensely.

Comment by Stephanie Stuckwisch on 9th mo. 10, 2011 at 12:09pm

I just finished reading Douglas Gywn's latest book Conversation with Christ: Quaker Meditations on the Gospel of John.

In my experience, most people either skate along on the surface of this gospel or get lost in it's "gnostic tendencies". Gywn does neither. His approach is both intellectual AND experiential. Writings from early Quakers are used extensively. Each chapter ends with a guided conversation to draw the reader into their own conversation with Christ.

My multi-meeting Bible study will be using this book.

Comment by Rodney Guy Pharris on 4th mo. 18, 2011 at 10:39am

My teenage son wanted his own Bible awhile back, so we went down to a nearby Christian bookstore to Bible shop.  I haven't been in a Christian bookstore in a long time (I shop mostly on-line), and I was amazed at what I found in the Bible section.  The only phrase that comes to my mind is "dizzying array".  Not only were there versions and translations I had never heard of, but there were topical and theme Bibles to meet a multitude of different tastes and preferences.  The one Bible that stuck in my mind was the "Patriotic Bible".  I didn't pick it up and examine it, but it left me wondering, "Is there a different Patriotic Bible for, say, Canada? Mexico? Mongolia?"  Endless publishing and marketing opportunities, I suppose.  Fortunately for my son and me, the teen section narrowed our search, and my son soon zeroed in on the Bible he wanted.

As we left the store, I was very glad to be a Quaker.  I don't think I'm saying that in a holier-than-thou way, but in a simplistic way.  It is very telling that there is no such thing as a Quaker Bible commentary or a "Friends Study Bible".  It would not sell very well, in the first place.  More importantly,  the notes and comments would be very brief and probably repetitive--"Listen to your Teacher, that is all you need to know".  Hard to make a monetary profit from that.