Public Reading of Scripture @ Sage Chapel with FREE LUNCH (featuring Kanyin Odunjo & Josh Hansen)

All are welcome! Join us for the Public Reading of Scripture event at Sage Chapel and enjoy a free meal!

Kanyin Odunjo and Josh Hansen will be participating!

The Bible is a masterpiece of world literature and immense historical significance. We welcome all to join, regardless of religious affiliation.

This multi-level experience allows you to slow down and absorb these fascinating and complex texts without pressure or expectation.

What is the Public Reading of Scripture?
The Public Reading of Scripture provides a space for Cornell students, staff, faculty, and community members to join together over a shared meal to listen immersively to the Bible read aloud. Rather than slicing up Biblical texts into short passages or themes, these groups journey through the entire Bible with nothing left out.

Authors of the Biblical texts intended them to be heard aloud in community rather than read alone in privacy. For Christians, there is a clear mandate for this discipline (1 Timothy 4:13). The early church had a regular practice of hearing the Scriptures read aloud in ways that changed the listener’s posture, attention, and engagement to be shaped by these texts.

In today’s world people are accustomed to reading the Bible in very isolated ways that cater to their own interests, pacing, and desires. The Public Reading of Scripture cultivates a receptive and passive posture in which we can hear these texts as they were intended to be shared; aloud in community. It takes 90 hours to listen to the Bible in its entirety, yet hardly anyone ever reads through it all. Many of us want to read more of the Bible, but few have a disciplined strategy to succeed. Public Reading of Scripture is a unique, immersive experience that cannot be replicated in your earbuds listening alone.

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