Bible Marginalia- Streams of Living Water

#25 in the Bible Marginalia series

Dear heavenly Father,

 because of your grace to me,

streams of Living Water

will flow out of my heart.

Lord, I believe.

 You are the Light of the World,

I give thanks that you change the landscape of my life

 with YOUR light, that I may be the light to others.

Printable

 Colored pencil 

Finepoint Sharpie

Bible Marginalia- Seek the Lord and Live

#24 in the Bible Marginalia Series

Some time in the Old Testament
See my shadow on this page of the Bible-
  God's Word has made an imprint on my soul.

Really seeing the word
 SEEK 

Active,
 Participatory,
 Movement.

Aware, 
Intentional,
Courageous.

LIVE

Abundant,
in Awe,
of a God
 that controls
 the UNIVERSE.

ACCU-Gel Hi-Lighters-Bible Hi-Gliders
Colored pencil,
Fine point Sharpie- non-bleeding

Bible Marginalia-God is Love

#23 in the Bible Marginalia Series

For God so Loved the World-

simple statement that says it ALL,

 because GOD IS LOVE.

Going through the stash

 of scrapbooking stickers.

Colored pencils.

Fine point Sharpie- non-bleeding.

Bible Marginalia- Come Away- Rest Awhile

#22 in the Bible Marginalia Series

Once again -- 

important words that speak
 to me on this page.

Jesus FEEDS the 5000

Come away by yourselves

 to a desolate place

and rest awhile.

Mark 6:31

and 

Jesus WALKS on the water

TAKE HEART,

 it is I. 

Do not be AFRAID.

 Mark 6:50

Tools:

Printable on scrapbooking paper

Heart Punch

Colored Pencils

Fine-point Sharpie- non-bleeding

Bible Marginalia- Go and Do Likewise

#21 in the Bible Marginalia Series

Two key thoughts for me- on this page-

The Good Samaritan

GO and DO 
LIKEWISE

Luke 10:37

 and 

Mary and Martha

ONE THING is NECESSARY

Luke 10:42

Tools:

Some letter stickers
A label cut in half

 Fine point Sharpie- non-bleeding

Colored pencils

Washi tape on the edge

Bible Marginalia- His Mercy

# 20 in the Bible Marginalia Series

"He saved us, not because of works

 done by us in righteousness,

but according to his own mercy,

by the washing of regeneration

 and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

whom he poured out on us  richly 

through Jesus Christ our Savior."

Titus 3:5

Tools:

Colored Pencils

Sharpie fine-point non bleeding

Printables with scrapbooking paper

Stamped shell and Butterflies

Stampin' Up ink

 Pearlescent watercolor

Bible Marginalia- DWELL

#19  in the Bible Marginalia Series

"The Beloved of the 

LORD

dwells in 

safety."

thinking about being
 the Lord's beloved

Deuteronomy 33:12

The blessing of Moses to Benjamin

Tools:

a cut-to-size Paint Color Chart

stamped cross- Archival Ink

regular Sharpie marker- on paint chart

(Needed to use heat gun to dry so it didn't smear)

Colored pencils

Sharpie fine-point - non-bleeding

Favorite Apps- PhotoSketch

Some photos take on a whole

 different view in PhotoSketch

I seem to have

 a particularly captive subject

Even when he is not camera ready

He steals your heart

And bids you to "Come Play"

Or Rest Awhile

Or daddy snuggle time

Free Download App for your iPhone
A favorite in Grandma's photo tool box 

Bible Tabs- for ME

#18 in the Bible Marginalia Series

Keep the Faith

Deuteronomy 4:9

Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself,

lest you forget the things your eyes have seen,

 and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. 

And teach them to your children and your grandchildren.

So, the reality is.....

 I know where the books of the Bible are....

but have a hard time recalling

 specific verses when I need them.

So this past summer,

 I began the project of adding tabs

 to my Bible that highlight favorite key verses for me.

Key words that bring forward a main idea.

It started without a BIG plan

 on how this would work out.

AND I lOVE IT.

His Mercy-

1 Chronicles 16:34

Oh, Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!

For His mercy endures forever.

Our Refuge

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength,

A very present help in trouble.

Unsearchable Things

Jeremiah 33:3

Call to Me, and I will answer you,

 and show you great and might things, 

which you do not know.

Taking the Bible I have been using

 for almost 20 years and continuing

 the journey of my life meeting 

in His Word.

Tools-

 This punch makes the tabs-

used card stock.
This is a McGill file tab punch- 
can't seem to find this very one.
But, here is a similar one-
File Tab Punch

Assorted washi tape makes the thin paper

 a bit more sturdy to add the tabs-

 with the Tim Holtz- tiny attacher.

tiny attacher

Bible Marginalia- Rest for your Soul

#17 in the Bible Marginalia Series

Stand by the roads and LOOK.

Ask about the ancient paths...

Look for the GOOD WAY.

Walk in it.

FIND rest for your SOUL.

Jeremiah 6:16

For the NON- ARTIST-

an easy way to add color

 and shape and highlight words

 for your margins

Martha Stewart Labels-

 Avery for Staples

Bible Marginalia- Whom Shall I Fear?

# 16 Bible Marginalia Series- Sermon Notes

Visiting at Mt Calvary Lutheran Church

 in Kannapolis, NC for 

the Harvest Home Gathering

Time to sit early 

and look at this reading- 

part of the day's service.

Sketched out the margin 

with fine point - non bleeding Sharpie 

before the service.

Later in the day added the colored pencil.

Marking this day.

Marking this gift.

As the Lord speaks to my heart.

Bible Marginalia- The J.S. Bach Bible

#15 in the Bible Marginalia Series

In her book Writing in the Margins, 

Lisa Hickman recounts this wonderful story

 of Bible Marginalia.

" In the 1830's Leonard Reichle's ancestors purchased

 a pile of old books in Philadelphia, one of them a Bible.

 A century later Reichle shared his family treasure 

with a visiting cousin, Lutheran pastor Christian Reidel. 

Upon opening the Bible, Reidel recognized the signature

 of a famous musician: Johann Sebastian Bach. 

Throughout the Bible more than three hundred marks

 in the text call attention to underlined passages, 

marks of emphasis, and statements written in the margins.

Occasionally, the marginalia named 
a typographical or grammatical error. 
More often, the marginalia revealed notations 
linking text to lyrical insights and music. 

More than one thousand works for
 chorus and instruments

 find their genesis somewhere in Bach's Bible between 

Genesis and Revelation.

 The Calov Bible, as this Bible came to be called, 

shows more than three hundred

 touch points of musical inspiration.

After being discovered by a pastor visiting his cousin,

Bach's Bible now resides at the 

Concordia Seminary Library in St. Louis. (Missouri)


The Bible was a three-volume Bible 

of the seventeenth century that also contains

 commentary by Martin Luther 

as well as theological reflections from a professor, Abraham Calovius."
p. 58-59

The Calov Bible was made famous with the discovery of this long-lost copy
 that had once belonged to the composer Johann Sebastian Bach. 
At the time of his death, the inventory of Bach's library specified
 ownership of Calovii Schriften (writings of Calovius). 
It was not known until the 20th century what these writings were.

 A bit more of the story here-Bach-Bible

The main point that Hickman brings forward
 is that it was in the margins of his Bible
 where Bach struggled with his world 
meeting the WORD.
He made notes for his thinking
 about music and God's Word.
In this space a genius mind
 worked out the scriptural discipline
and his life calling-his vocation.
It is where a sacred song was written.

Though it is unlikely our Bibles
 will be kept in a rare book library someday,
 they certainly can be a blessing 
to the generations to come after us. May each mark in our own Bibles
 signal the strokes of our own time of  
worship of our Creator God.

(Concordia Seminary is where my husband graduated from,
and was blessed to see this Bible
in the rare book library there in St. Louis.)

Bible Marginalia- to the ends of the Earth

#14 in the Bible Marginalia Series

"I have made you a light for the Gentiles,

that you may bring salvation to the end of the earth.

....and they began rejoicing, 

and glorifying the word of the Lord, 

and as many as were appointed

 to eternal life believed.

And the word of the Lord was spreading 

throughout the whole region."

Act 13: 47-49

We live as His chosen people, that we may share the 

Good News of Jesus with others.

Bond

Learn

Engage

Serve

Share

Sharpie fine point - non-bleeding marker
 and colored pencils

Bible Marginalia- Call to ME

#13 in the Bible Marginalia Series

This covenant relationship

of trust and peace

brings understanding.

An inkling of the depth 

of what our Father desires to

share with us,

when we call on HIM.

Process- Simply used water color in block spaces. 

Let dry. Added the lettering.
Fine point Sharpie marker- non-bleeding.

A simple way to add color to the margin.

Richmond Hill Respite

Wander

Watch

Sit

Worship

Listen

Share

Gather

Smell

Mark

Remember

Morning Light

 the Ben Campbell Window

Always a soul respite 

at Richmond Hill

Retreat Center

Richmond, Virginia

Bible Marginalia- Amazing Grace

#12 in the Bible Marginalia Series

1 Peter 3: 21

The flood is a figure of Baptism.

in each case, water saves.

The world was cleansed when Noah

 and his family were lifted up by the flood. 

Baptism cleanses us and raises us to new life.

By grace, Baptism is a means of salvation

 through which the Holy Spirit produces faith.

We are forgiven and holy because of Christ.

That forgiveness is applied to us in Baptism. 

The life we are given in Baptism

 was earned by Christ.

(adapted from notes- Lutheran Study Bible)

Used:

Printed journaling cut out

Heart punch is from a magazine page

 Sharpie fine-point marker- non-bleeding

Colored pencils

Evelyn Seidel's Valentines- the rest of the story

On a busy day in Greensboro, NC,

 rushing from one event to another

at a Church Worker's Conference,

I took a break to check email

and found a comment on a blog post from

Feb. 14, 2013.

evelyn-seidels-valentines

You need to read the first part

 of this story for the following to make sense.

The story about Evelyn Seidel's Valentines

and also the story of Alice Jean Seidel's Valentines.

It is the story continued from Alice's daughter-

 Gail, that I tell here.

I talked with Gail by phone today,

 and recounted the story

 told on the previous blog post.

 I had her family history correct.

The lost family has been found.

More of the story here:

Gail and I were both there at that auction

 in Kendallville, Indiana, in the Spring of 1980,

both with misty eyes and grieving hearts.

I was just a couple months past the death 

of my first husband, Larry.

Gail was there with her mother, Alice Jean.

Gail was there by her mother's side-

 the day so vivid in memory,

 she still remembers the shirt

 a family memory wore that day.

Notes from my online research- a year and half ago

I could not believe that somehow

 the box of beautiful Valentines 

was mine with a bid.

 I vowed to carefully protect the treasure-

the sentimental value.

The pieces of love and affection 

both handmade and store-bought- given as tokens

to mark time and place in the calendars of our lives,

stamped with LOVE.

Gail has three siblings- David, Edward and Carolyn.

Edward is a computer programmer,

 and on a whim one day-Goggled his aunt-

Evelyn Seidel - Married to Ralph Lamp.

Up came the blog post about the Valentines.

And the story went to family members.

Gail- just a couple of years my senior- 

lives in Ft Wayne, Indiana-

 my home stomping grounds.

Lutheran stock.

Ft. Wayne Lutheran heritage.

Some of the Valentines are now part of

Heart Day celebrations 

in the homes of adult daughters-

as this box became their treasured Valentine stories.

But, I have carefully sorted out the Valentines 

in the silver box labeled -

 Alice Jean Seidel.

And also some of Evelyn's-

 for Gail to distribute as she desires.

They have been lovingly 

set in a box to mail to Gail.

To keep or distribute to family members.

Thirty-four years waiting for the rest of the story.

Reunited with family.

And as we touched lives together with a phone call,

we both could not help but notice the God-designed plan.

He has so carefully marked the details of our lives-

to bring Him Glory.

And so we sing-

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Bible Marginalia- For "NON- ARTISTS"

#11 in the Bible Marginalia Series

The basic principle of Bible Marginalia 

is that this is intended to be process-driven

 rather than end-product evaluated.

Much of my teaching is done 

to help EVERYONE participate-

 regardless of "artistic experience",

 artistic ability, 

and materials available.

So I am always trying out a variety 

of ways to draw people to the 

Scriptural Practice of Bible Marginalia.

Commonly found materials, ease of use, 

and adaptability 

are criteria I use for trying out new possibilities.

4x6 or even 3x5 graph index cards

 make lettering and design work easy

They can be added in with washi tape

 to a regular Bible 

or cut to size for a wide-margin Bible.

There are many choices of graphic design

 coloring books from Dover Publications. 

The pages can be cut into 4x6 cards

 to have a design already on the page

 and then notes and journaling can be added.

This was added in with washi tape.

Dover Publications offers some great choices

 for pages for Bible Journaling.

http://store.doverpublications.com/0486475468.html

There are also many boards on Pinterest 

that have free downloadable coloring pages.

You can't go wrong with your 

favorite color palette sample

 from your local Home Design store.

Pick up a few color charts when you stop by, 

and cut to size for a wide-margin Bible.

Simply add the words that help in your study.

Can also be stamped with simple designs.

This study needed a simple way 

to list the Ten commandments.

Knew I would never get this 

done in the space provided-

so simply typed them up on the computer,

 figured out the font size that worked, and printed.

Helps if you are teaching in a group setting 

and all can easily add this in

 with their own unique touch.

(I know that numbering systems change
 in denominations-
this list taken from Martin Luther's Small Catechism)

So, don't let the "standards" of your 

artistic talent keep you from participating.

Try a way that might work for you-

and join in the practice of

Scriptural Journaling.