As you consider opening Scripture, you may wish to consider these questions:

• How does the Bible feed your daily life?
  
  
• How does the Bible feed the life of this community?
  
  
• How are we renewed, empowered, and enlivened by the Word?
  
  
• What stands in the way of our opening the Bible and joining the conversation?
  

As you begin to read, consider:

• What is God saying to us through this passage?
  
  
• What does this passage tell us about God?
  
  
• How does this passage speak to us as individuals and to us as a community?
  
  
• What does this passage teach us about our neighbors and our world?