One might argue that I still need to be spending time in my Bible and that's true. While I know that some women do it, for me it came down between family time or time doing homework. Lesson number one I learned was that a BM study is not realistic for a woman who works full-time outside of the home. All the other times I had done a BM study I had been a stay at home mom or worked very part-time. As with all Beth Moore studies, this one had extensive homework requiring 5 days of study per week.
Three of them were believers and one was not, but was a faithful church attender trying to figure out what she believed. We had a smalll motley crew of me, and 3-4 other women from our church plant. I had done several Kay Arthur studies in high school and I wasn't at all familiar with Priscilla. We picked Anointed, Transformed, and Redeemed: A Study of David by Beth Moore, Kay Arthur, and Priscilla Shirer. The seeker especially, seemed a litle disturbed by the presentation.įast forward to our little church plant about 1.5-2 years later and we do our first women's Bible study. Sure, we speak English in Wisconsin, but the homespun humor and the "darlin's" just don't work in the upper Midwest Everyone enjoyed the study and got a lot out of it, but it seemed to be IN SPITE of Beth Moore, not because of her. The first time we watched the accompanying DVD I realized that Beth Moore doesn't translate well. Two of the other women in the study were church members there and then there was another random woman-a seeker, if you will. My husband already knew both of their husbands. Two of the women were PWs from this church and it was nice to form a friendship with them. It turned out that the church we visited that next Sunday was just getting ready to start Beth Moore's Believing God study, one I hadn't done yet. During this time, I was craving that connection with likeminded people and decided that I would look for a Bible study in the area that I could get involved with. We certainly became aware of the need and purpose of Christian community. While it was good "research" it was also exhausting and we felt very disconnected from a community of believers. We had family church at home on Sundays for the four of us, but we really had no church home. During that time, we visited church after church after church. When we moved to Wisconsin in 2007 for my husband to plant a church, he took a year to study the area and see what and where the needs were. I don't know how many, but I would suspect around 7 or 8. I've since been to Living Proof conferences in various place around the US. In the meantime, I also attended my first Living Proof Live conference in Lebanon, MO. So, then I led anotther one and another one. I spent so much time in my Bible and felt like I learned an incredible amount about biblical history and the character of God. The study was A Woman's Heart: God's Dwelling Place about Moses and the tabernacle. The first Beth Moore study I participated in, I also led because the original leader had to back out at the last minute.
I was a former card-carrying member of the Beth Moore groupie fan club. Since I am the wife of a Southern Baptist pastor, this may seem like blasphemy.
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