Biblical Text: 2 Chronicles 30:13-27
Guidelines for Individual Playdates
Helps us imagine our way into the scripture by picturing the text as we read it. Improves our overall reading skills. Provides practice for reading the text publicly.
Bible. A private space where you can read aloud. A recorder or a recording app on your phone could be a nice aid for this activity.
Spend a moment in quiet prayer. If you wish, begin by freewriting for 3-5 minutes. Just let the pen empty out your concerns and thanksgiving for the day. Breathe.
E. B. White tells the story in one of his essays that his college professor, Dr. Strunk (Yes, of Strunk and White), used to tell his students, “If you don’t know how to pronounce a word …”; then he’d lean over the lectern and complete the sentence, “Say it very loudly!” I love that advice.
If there’s a word you don’t know how to say in the text, decide how you’re going to say it—whether it’s right or wrong, it doesn’t matter—and when you come to that word in your reading, say it very loudly. Be Loud and Proud!
Take a moment to breathe and let the playtime settle around you. Carry your curiosity and insights and questions into the day.
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Guidelines for Individual Playdates
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