FYI

As you probably already found out, we have a few new members that have joined us after having spied on us ; ). We are very happy to have additions to our spiritual fellowship. We also very much hope to learn from our new members very soon. Perhaps you have been a bit shy, or are just confused by our inconsistency in the chapters we are sharing, and have not shared your reflections with us. We want to reassure you that you can feel free to share anything in your daily readings for the time being, no matter which book and chapter it is. And you probably already figured out that we are no professional writers. We are just here to learn from each other through God's Word. Therefore, feel free to share in your own words, but please only English or German :).

We are in a bit of a frenzy right now trying to get everyone back to the same page (literally). Yes yes, shame on us. In the process of sharing, we have discovered that everyone shares at different paces. Our goal for this blog is two-fold, 1) Cultivate a daily Bible reading habit 2) Spiritual fellowship and mutual edification through the Word of God.

In order to keep this spiritual fellowship longterm, we will be changing our reading progress. The goal is to learn from each other in our sharings, but at the same time continue a daily Bible reading habit. We believe to get the most out of our reflection sharing, it helps if everyone shares on the same chapter at around the same time. That way, the chapter is still fresh in our mind and we know the context of what the writer is sharing about.

Just a bit of a backgroud to how we ended up at where we are today:). Originally, this started from a Religious Education class. There happened to be 7 members at the time and each is supposed to share 1 chapter a week when it is turn for their chapter. For all other chapters, just simply quote 1 verse. However, since we were reading the same book throughout the week, everyone started to share on every chaper and not just their chapter. Really thank God for everyone's zeal in sharing the Word of God. Everyone still wanted to share on every chapter read, but that became difficult when life becomes busier at times. Therefore, people started to share on the following chapter when they had the time. New members started to join in. That's how we ended up sharing different books at different times.

So as not to overburden anyone, some of us have proposed a 2 Book solution. We will choose 2 books to focus on. One book (The Reading Book) we will read on our own for self edification to cultivate our daily bible reading habit. Readers are encouraged to share the reflections if they so desire during their readings. Then we will choose a 2nd book (The Reflection Book) which we will use as our main book in writing reflections. We will have weekly sharing from the Reflection Book. For 6 days out of a week, we will read from The Reading Book. For the remaining day out of the week, we will read from The Reflection Book and share reflections. You can choose to do your reflections on any day out of the week, as long as it is within that 1 week period. That way, everyone can be kept on the same page for that week. I'm sure no one will object if you also choose to share from the Reading Book during the week. This way, no one will feel burdened in having to share 1 chapter everyday. But hopefully, the inspiration will come within that 1 week period :). If anyone has any other suggestions or revisions to this plan, please comment. Of course comment also if there are any objections :).

One of our new members is confused and noticed that we are everywhere right now, Mark, Luke, Samuel, etc...The story behind that is, we started from Matthew and onward. right now, we are supposed to be on John already, but we are still behind. Some are trying to make up Mark, others are still finishing Luke. Samuel is just a random sharing while waiting. So the plan is this, let everyone who's started on Luke finish Luke, then we will start with the 2 Book plan. During the waiting period, feel free to share anything from your daily readings :). Sound ok?

And Welcome to the fellowship :)