Paper Chavruta
The email shows up once a week. It’s usually a few pages long, depending on the week. There isn’t a public list, and nothing about how or whether you read is visible to anyone else. Once it’s in your inbox, that’s where it stays.
About
Chavruta is built around staying close to a text. Two people read the same lines and let them take time. They return to a sentence, sit with a word, and spend more time paying attention than moving quickly
Here it’s just an email. You open it. There’s a passage at the top and a little space around it. There are questions alongside the passage, but you don’t answer them anywhere. They’re there to slow you down.
No comments, no names, nothing clamoring for your attention. You read a few paragraphs. Maybe you keep going. Maybe you stop.
Most people read a section, pause, then read it again. Sometimes a single line holds their attention longer than the rest. When that happens, the reading usually stays there for a while before moving on, or not.
It moves at a slower pace. Silence doesn’t get in the way.
The focus is on Scripture, not commentary, opinions, or presentation.
Each issue stands on its own.
How people usually find this page
Sometimes it’s after leaving a group.
Sometimes after typing things like:
“Bible study makes me anxious.”
“Is it wrong to study the Bible alone?”
If you arrived quietly, that’s fine. You’re not the only one who got here this way.
A few essays
These are short pieces meant to be read on their own, without discussion.
When Bible Study Groups Feel Harder Than Helpful
Reflections on why group study can be difficult for some people.
On private study, and where it fits.
Notes on silence, attention, and staying with a text.
You can read these in any order. Or not at all.