by Nabil Habibi
In my Lebanese Evangelical tradition we treat the Bible as a sacred text. Here is the thing though: growing up in my local church and Evangelical community I was rarely taught any sacred reading practices!
I have been consistently told to read my Bible daily – which is great advice. But how should we do this? Sure, I was told what to look for in the scriptures (the famous duo of promises from God and commandments from God) but I was never told how to engage with the text.
You see, I think we are afraid of ritual in our spiritual and communal lives. I think the reasons for the general absence of liturgy in our Lebanese Evangelical worship services, and the absence of teaching on sacred reading practices more specifically, stems from our fear of rituals.