Book of Faith Emphasis

I am so excited about the "Book of Faith" emphasis that is spreading throughout the ELCA! As I have attended conferences, talked and shared stories with my colleagues, and organized workshops for the congregations in my synod, I am delighted to see the type of conversations and excitement taking place.  To watch a group of people opening and using their Bibles in meetings, study groups, councils, worship, and in fellowship is awesome. To have adults and youth actually bringing their Bibles to church and meetings is wonderful.  I am witnessing congregational members highlighting Bibles for 3rd graders before they receive them, conversations on scripture happening in everyday settings and Bibles coming off the shelves in homes and onto the coffee tables open and accessible. The conversations are definitely taking place and people are begininng to dig deeper into God's Word.  People are hungry for God's Word and hungry for its meaning in their own lives. How awesome is that?!