First Weekend…

Well, this is our first weekend with the blog, and with the reading assignments.  We are going to follow the suggestion in Edwin’s book, Give Attention to Reading, and leave the weekends open (that is devoid of assigned readings) so that you can have an opportunity to catch up on any readings that you may have missed, and to prepare for upcoming Bible studies.  We will pick up on Monday morning with a new reading, and hopefully some comments about Friday’s reading.  I think that I will try to post at least a little something “extra” on Saturdays, but don’t hold me to it!

For now, I’d like to ask how you like the current set up, after having worked with it for a week.  Are there any changes that you would like to see made as to how I am doing the blog?  I was curious to see if you like for me to post about the previous day’s reading, or would you rather me post about the current day’s reading?  Let me give you my thoughts on why I chose to do it the way I am, and you all can jump in and tell me if you like it this way, or would prefer a different way.

I thought that posting a reading for the day and holding comments until the next day would give everyone the opportunity to read the assignment, and then meditate on it for a while.  After thinking about it, then we can come “together” to discuss the reading a bit.  One of the challenges is that there is so much in the readings!  Sometimes, it is hard to pick just one thing to address.  That is one reason that I will probably use Saturday as a day to add an “extra” post about something in the readings. Even with that, there is a ton of material that I will not address.  I have enjoyed the thoughts brought out by various people thus far, and I hope that more will jump in and contribute to the discussions and studies.

So, what do you think?  Do you like the format as is, or is there something you would like to see changed?

Thanks for reading, and keep those comments coming!

Welcome!

Welcome to The Higher Rock Blog.  The name comes (as you can see in the tag line above) from Psalm 61:1-2, which reads:

Hear my cry, O God; Attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will cry to You, When my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

The point is, and hopefully the point of this blog will be, that we need to turn to God for the answers.  When we struggle with life, when temptations come, when trials arise, we must turn to God.  My hope is that this blog will be a place where we can study from God’s word, the Bible, and figure out what message He has for us today.

One of the ways that I hope to accomplish that end is to post daily readings from the New Testament.  I will be following the reading plan laid out by Edwin Crozier in his book, Give Attention to Reading.  Each day (5 days per week), I will be posting the new reading.  I will also try to post some commentary based on the previous day’s reading.  I would also like to hear from you.  What did you find particularly interesting, or compelling from the day’s reading?

Be sure to subscribe to the RSS feed so that you can keep up with the readings each day.  If you subscribe in a reader, we can also keep  up with how many folks are “on board” with us.

We will be starting with the first reading today, so check out the next post for the schedule!