Really hoping I don't forget (or lose) the #Wordle tomorrow!

Something slightly different for this week's Bible Study Tool: part of a recent article by @jenwilkin.bsky.social illustrating the power of reading biblical books in their context. #BibleStudy #Proverbs jenniepollock.com/bible-study-...

In this week's post we're looking at turning our study to worship. What does the passage you're studying teach you about God - his attributes, his actions, what he loves, what he hates, what he commands, what he forbids...? Notice it, then tell him about it: jenniepollock.com/bible-study-...

Today's Bible Study Tool is an aspect of Application, looking at one way to respond to what we learn in our study: jenniepollock.com/bible-study-...

**Giveaway!** You've got 24 hours to enter to win a copy of this book. It will help you grow in understanding God's word. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post: jenniepollock.com/bible-study-... I won't even make you sign up to any mailing lists. What are you waiting for?

When reading Bible stories, we often identify with the hero, but is that really who we are in the story? This week's Bible Study Tool looks at an alternative. And there's a *giveaway*. Check it out here: jenniepollock.com/bible-study-...

I'm doing a giveaway on the blog today - I've got two copies of a really helpful Bible Study Tools book to give, and one of them could be yours! Find out how (and read this week's tool) here: jenniepollock.com/bible-study-...

New blog post: This week's Bible Study Tool gives you some pointers for how to look up dates and locations mentioned in the text you're studying, and why you should: jenniepollock.com/bible-study-...

New blog post: Bible Study Tools: Study with others. A few reasons why it's important not to only study Bible on your own: jenniepollock.com/bible-study-...

Hello again! Ready for another Bible Study Tool? This week we're seeing how looking at biblical accounts in their context can open up more richness than just reading them alone. We've got examples from both Old and New Testaments. Check them out: jenniepollock.com/bible-study-...

A sort of Sabbath post for the seventh in our series. Bring your whole self: jenniepollock.com/bible-study-...

This week's Bible Study Tool builds on the skill of curiosity. What might we discover if we start to notice and explore connections across the Bible? jenniepollock.com/bible-study-...

We tend to think of the Bible as a collection of strange stories about strange people, and don't pay attention to things that should surprise us. Be more like Jane Bennett in your approach to Bible study: jenniepollock.com/bible-study-...

Bible Study Tool number 5, in which I suggest we should be more like Jane Bennett, or the blue tit in my garden, when we're reading the Bible: jenniepollock.com/bible-study-...

Yes. But also, the people who are most reluctant to ask for help tend to be the ones who love to help others - why not return the favour and let them have the hot of helping you?

New Bible Study Tools blog post: When you don’t know where to start Whether it's a long passage you can't get your head around, or one that's so familiar you don't know where to go with it, today's tools could help you get started: jenniepollock.com/bible-study-...

The second in my series of Bible study tools and ideas is out now. Uncover it with colour: jenniepollock.com/bible-study-...

One of the most useful tools you can invest in to help you get to grips with a Bible passage is a packet of coloured pencils. I explain why, and give some ideas for how to use them, in my latest blog post: jenniepollock.com/bible-study-... *Includes free printout!

Post updated: How Can I Learn to Study the Bible? I've added a bit of colour to my print-out, put in a preview of it, and added some sub-headings. Hopefully it's a bit more enticing now! Look out for Monday's post, on the use of colour in Bible study. jenniepollock.com/how-can-i-le...

Glorious peonies, irises and cow parsley, bought and picked for church yesterday. In a lovely jug I got from our local charity shop. #BountyofNature

New on my blog today is the first in a series of quick and easy resources to help you study the Bible (either individually or leading a group). Today: how to start studying any Bible passage. jenniepollock.com/how-can-i-le...

Wow, that's interesting. I wonder whether male attendance has been increasing or female attendance declining. I'll have to look at the actual survey to find out.

"Spiritual strength is not about having such a special connection to God that we are able to convince him to say 'yes' to our requests..." This book, 'I'm praying for you', by Nancy Guthrie, is both really helpful and really challenging at the same time!

RT @RightToLifeUK: Former Paralympian Baroness Grey-Thompson believes the combination of legalising assisted suicide and introducing significant benefit cuts will pressure terminally ill people with disabilities to end their lives early. Read the full article here: t.co/lccYuWYzty t.co/lccYuWYzty

I'm really excited for this. Love @jenwilkin.bsky.social's studies, and love Joshua. I don't think I've ever done a study in him/his book or heard a preaching series about it, and I've no idea why. Roll on January!

My latest series of Bible reading notes for Scripture Union is currently running online in their 'Word Live' stream. Join me for the next 2 weeks as I walk through selected passages from Isaiah 14-35: content.scriptureunion.org.uk/wordlive/vic... #Bible

Yes! I love the way George Pitcher put it a few years back (last time the assisted suicide debate was raging): "Shut up about being a burden. I love you. This is what it means to love you." (jenniepollock.com/shut-up-abou...)

Just been down to church to update the Mission Partners board. I joined the missions team a few months ago and it's been really good to put that 'missions hat' on again, after many years. And lots of fun to use my teacher-y display skills after even more years!

Rejoice with me, for I have at last surpassed my long-standing longest streak on #Wordle. Hallelujah!

What a stunning and powerful story.

“In a culture that fetishizes youth and views aging as a journey into irrelevance and uselessness, God’s family takes the view that people possess an ever-developing value, one that renders their contributions essential and indispensable,” writes @jenwilkin.bsky.social.

My latest book review for Premier Christianity is available on their website. 4/5 stars for 'Know You Are Beloved' by Rev. Chris Lee: www.premierchristianity.com/reviews/the-...

This, from @jenwilkin.bsky.social, is wonderful. Life is a chiasm, but the latter years shouldn't be seen as just a decline. Our value grows. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/wilk...

Well, I've finally got round to sorting out 20 books for this list. Can't be doing with the no explanation rule though. What's the point if you don't tell me why they matter? 20 books that have stayed with/influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 1 #BookSky #Books

I do like Death in Paradise, but surely with the amount of evidence they contaminate by touching things without wearing gloves, or acquire through illegal searches of people's property, they can't actually get any convictions at trial.

Yes. This is a really good point. Why do we have this odd double-standard? (I confess, I have it too.) A great, brief, thought-provoking, helpful post. www.premierchristianity.com/opinion/3-wa...

Excellent. Well done, Natalie. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Last night's Bible reading (Matt 1:18-25) reminded me of this piece I wrote years ago, pondering why Joseph's just-ness meant he considered divorcing Mary quietly. jenniepollock.com/fresh-treasu... If I'm right, it revealed some stunning similarities between Joseph and Jesus. What do you think?

I made Names of Jesus cards for our advent calendar this year. I love that Jesus is the lion AND the lamb AND the shepherd.

Devastated to hear about the news of assisted suicide moving forward in the UK. It is not just the evil of allowing vulnerable people to be killed because they fear being a burden to others. Such an act inevitably lays a burden on vulnerable people by suggesting that they are better off dead.

Next #ThanksgivingGiveaway: It only gets better! Like *and* repost by Friday, Nov 29, at 10 a.m. Eastern for a chance to win this Plough hoodie! ⬇⬇

My 1,000th Wordle. Not a particularly satisfying one. Wordle 1,256 5/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 (And my success rate isn't quite 100% - I think I've lost 3. And the 3 times I've guessed it in 1 must be cheats. It's never yet been my start word when I've been playing.)

Research from Stanford University has shown that just 30 minutes of complaining every day damages your brain. It releases cortisol that shrinks the hippocampus - an area of the brain that’s critical to problem solving and intelligent thought. This honestly explains a lot to me! #bethankful

If we'd been travelling with another couple, I would have put men in the front and women in the back, mainly b/c men typically need the extra leg room (and b/c growing up, dad always drove, so I assume the husband always will when we have passengers). Intrigued to hear others' perspectives on this

Does anyone play the NYT Spelling Bee? Each day there is at least one word that uses all the letters, and you can use the letters more than once. This is yesterday's, and I just can't see what the word would be. Any ideas?

So here's a question for you: this evening we went out with a (female, slightly older) friend. Husband drove, so I sat in the back, letting her have the front. She was astounded. I've always assumed that in such situations the wife surrenders her spot for the guest.

How is the relationship between euthanasia and social isolation (+ autism & #LD) playing out in mainland Europe right now? This is the tragic story I began my #LD & Poverty seminar with at #CTCC24. (Ian Birrell, The Independent, 7/10/24)

ThinkTheology is now on here, too. Seeing how it goes.

"[Law] needs moral and philosophical ground beneath it. It is all well and good to propose tight restrictions for any incoming legislation, but unless there is an underpinning philosophical logic to them, they will not hold." Typically clear thinking and writing from @nickebs.bsky.social here.