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One Day I Wrote Back: Interacting with Scripture Through Creative Writing
Do you struggle to relate the Bible to your daily life? Jane Herring wrestled with the contradictions, puzzling stories, and difficult sayings in scripture - until she discovered the power of interacting with them.
Herring guides you to talk back to those scripture passages you don't understand. Ask questions, explore your life, plead, praise, and ponder. She provides simple, practical tools for beginning and experienced writers. A perfect resource for individuals, small groups, and retreats.
Length of study: 6 weeks. Includes Leader's Guide.
Herring guides you to talk back to those scripture passages you don't understand. Ask questions, explore your life, plead, praise, and ponder. She provides simple, practical tools for beginning and experienced writers. A perfect resource for individuals, small groups, and retreats.
Length of study: 6 weeks. Includes Leader's Guide.
96 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 1, 2015
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January 23, 2017
We read this book in my bible study group, and it was fantastic! Jane Herring has a fresh, new look on the bible. I absolutely loved this book. It really helped me understand it more than I originally did. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who would like to further their reglious education or starting to read and understand the bible a little better :)
Did not finish
February 18, 20242024: didn’t grab me as a morning devotion tool
February 11, 2019
One of my favorite books because it set me on a course for discovering more about scripture.
March 1, 2026
This book is not what I was expected, as I expected the whole book to flesh out the introduction instead of giving samples of her writing and questions, but it was still an OK read. Because of her affiliation I wasn't sure what to expect once I got into the writing portion and questions.
On the whole I thought it was interesting, but since the point is to help others interact with the text of Scripture, having samples could be confusing or leading for others, especially those who are new to writing. I'm assuming the point is to show the possibilities of what you could write, but the questions should be sufficient for helping others stir their imaginations with the Scriptures. As someone who has been responding to Scripture for many years, I did find it a bit confusing, however others might find it helpful. I did appreciate some of the perspectives she gave on the Scriptures that she was referencing, yet others made no sense at all.
This is meant to be a book to help others interact with Scripture. I think it has the potential to help with that. I may use the questions at some point for writing myself or maybe with my children. If using with others or leading a group in this I would only focus on the Scripture and questions and not encourage the reading of what she wrote, at least not until praying and writing for themselves first.
On the whole I thought it was interesting, but since the point is to help others interact with the text of Scripture, having samples could be confusing or leading for others, especially those who are new to writing. I'm assuming the point is to show the possibilities of what you could write, but the questions should be sufficient for helping others stir their imaginations with the Scriptures. As someone who has been responding to Scripture for many years, I did find it a bit confusing, however others might find it helpful. I did appreciate some of the perspectives she gave on the Scriptures that she was referencing, yet others made no sense at all.
This is meant to be a book to help others interact with Scripture. I think it has the potential to help with that. I may use the questions at some point for writing myself or maybe with my children. If using with others or leading a group in this I would only focus on the Scripture and questions and not encourage the reading of what she wrote, at least not until praying and writing for themselves first.
February 27, 2026
Prose, reflection, and writing prompts to help folks write back to God. Herring is inclusive, gentle, and wise in her approach.
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