About The Big Bible Project
From 2010–2015, the BigBible Project sought to host conversations about the Bible through local reading groups & online conversations. Since 2016, the project has taken a slightly different focus, hosting discussion from experts on Biblical Literacy and Biblical Reception in a Digital World.
The 2010–2015 archive can be found here.
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Housegroup Archive
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How does our housegroup work? @drbattytowers
Posted on December 26, 2013 | 1 CommentWell, we start with tea. All good meetings do (unless it’s in the pub…) As a reminder, our aim for the group is to meet and have ‘holy conversation.’ We’re reading a book together, so we have some structure, or […] -
Housegroup: Letting the Spirit Lead (@drbattytowers)
Posted on December 2, 2013 | No CommentsFollowing on from last month’s first post on housegroups Rosemary Eldon, Reader at St Leonard’s, Lexden tells us how the group she leads works. It’s very different from that which Sara looks after. We’re called ‘Medley’ because we do quite […] -
Holy Conversation, Batman! (@drbattytowers)
Posted on November 1, 2013 | 1 CommentWhat does your housegroup mean to you? Is it the core that binds your church together? Something you dip into when you feel like it? A safe space to ask questions and learn? A place you go to test and […] -
‘The Gospel of Quinn’: A New Short Film on Digital Life (@Byers_Andy)
Posted on October 13, 2013 | 1 CommentMy friend Matt Godfrey, a young actor and film-maker in Los Angelos, has just written and co-produced a brilliant short film called The Gospel of Quinn. I cannot recommend it enough. Matt and his team have packed tremendous cinematic depths […] -
Concerns over selective reading of Genesis (@Dave42W)
Posted on January 30, 2013 | No CommentsLast November for the second time our Methodist Circuit followed a month long Bible Reading plan. This was a follow-up to a popular challenge the year before to read the whole New Testament in 30 days. This time the plan […] -
Faith for the 110 Hours (@LICCLtd)
Posted on August 26, 2012 | 1 CommentWe can get very caught up in what happens in church, but we actually spend a small percentage of our week in church. Worshipping God is important, but what church should do, is equip us to live the rest of […] -
Week 3: God’s Promises, by Koinonia Housegroup
Posted on March 13, 2011 | 2 CommentsIn looking at ‘God’s Promises’, and the discussion of ‘digesting promises’, the immediate response was that we didn’t want to digest any more… as we are 3-4 weeks ahead of everyone else with the material, but still wanted to have […] -
Dealing with ‘Challenging’ People in a Housegroup
Posted on February 18, 2011 | 1 CommentAgain, thank you to Winchester Vinyard for this advice. “Before long you will come up against housegroup members who, without meaning to, post a difficulty either to the group or to your leadership. It is important to know how to […] -
Housegroup Materials: Week 4 (God’s Parables)
Posted on February 9, 2011 | 5 CommentsThe Bible uses stories to awaken us to what God wants for us in this world and the next. We can see how our story fits with his. Note: http://archive.bigbible.uk/2011/01/the-weekly-menu/ NIBBLES Discuss the stories you loved reading as a child, […]