Wow, it’s our last full week of reading the Apocrypha! We finish 2 Esdras and begin 4 Maccabees. What has been your experience reading these books? Do you think they should be read more widely or not? Do you think they’re as sacred as the canonical biblical books? #DBR3Y #TheApocrypha #Bible

This week we continue reading through several books in the Apocrypha, including Psalm 151. Why do you think that Psalm 151 may have been written? #DBR3Y #TheApocrypha #1Esdras #PrayerOfManasseh #Psalm151 #3Maccabees #Bible

This week in #DBR3Y we finish our time in the Apocrypha, wrapping up 4 Maccabees, and beginning our time in the New Testament with the Gospel of Matthew. What has been your experience, knowledge, and understanding of the New Testament, and what bearing has it had on your faith journey?

Next week we continue reading the Gospel of Luke. How does your understanding of who wrote biblical texts change how you read and interpret them? #DBR3Y #GospelOfLuke #Bible #NewTestament #BiblicalInterpretation

This week we read through 4 books of the #Apocrypha! 3 of them are actually additions to Greek Daniel. What might it mean that there are multiple versions of a biblical book? #DBR3Y #Baruch #GreekDaniel #LetterOfJeremiah #Susanna #PrayerOfAzariah

This week we finish reading Greek additions to Daniel and begin reading 1 Maccabees. We read the Bible so that we know what’s in it, so that we understand which values are biblical, including mercy and justice for those on the margins of society. #DBR3Y #mercy #GodsJustice

What’s up with Think+Pray+Act in May! We’ll be reading the Bible, gathering as TPA, with Ntosake, MCU, the Mid-America Region, and @edenseminary.bsky.social’s CLFO! Hope to see you! #DBR3Y #NtosakeStL #TPA #MCU #Mid-AmericaDisciples #CLFO

This week we’re reading 2 Esdras. Why do we read the Bible? As Christians, it’s the book of our faith tradition, so it’s important for us to know what it says, and for us to be in dialogue with it and each other, whether or not we agree with it, and why! #DBR3Y #TheApocrypha #2Esdras

This week we finish reading the Gospel of Mark and begin reading the Gospel of Luke. What has been your experience of hearing the different voices of the Gospel writers? #DBR3Y

This week we finish reading the Wisdom of Ben Sirach. As we finish, David deSilva helps us to understand some of the context around this book. How is his wisdom similar and different to Jesus’? To ours? #DBR3Y #TheApocrypha #WisdomOfBenSirach #Sira #Bible

A lot of interesting stuff going on in the next month or so! Put it on your calendar - hope to see you there! #DBR3Y #StL #StLouis #fbco #ChristianNationalism #Ntosake #BaptizingAmerica