Julia M. OBrien

I invite your ideas about how to make the project more user-friendly.  Shorter sessions to work with weekly sessions?  A different layout?  Do have suggestions about how to get the world out?  Make comments!

the power of a good story . . .  literature that matters . . .

stories that help us think about our lives. . .

stories worth talking about

It’s no wonder most adults struggle to find biblical narratives relevant to their contemporary lives.  Those who learned biblical stories as children often are stuck with picture-book images: a little boy named David aiming his slingshot at a fee-fi-fo-fum giant and a guy named Jonah crouching in the belly of a whale, looking suspiciously like Gepetto from Disney’s Pinocchio.

Those who didn’t grow up with systematic religious education face other issues. They’d like to know something about the Bible but aren’t willing to go to a church or synagogue to do so. They want to approach the text on their own terms, without having to accept the doctrines of a particular religious body.