S8E105: Personal Bible Study with Stephanie Russell
I fear I am exceeding the space allowed to me so will offer just one other little word of counsel–study… Every hour of definite study enriches your mind and increases your power, so that, the more you study in your spare time, the more there is in you to bestow upon your pupils. I think I have already advised most of you to join the College By Post. I cannot say enough in praise of this most excellent scheme, and I think we are all grateful to the Founder Miss Petrie… One Divinity subject is incumbent, and I should advise Clews To Holy Writ.
Charlotte Mason, L’Umile Pianta, January 1896
Show Summary:
- Today on The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn talk with Stephanie Russell about studying the Scriptures
- How Stephanie first learned about Charlotte Mason and her educational philosophy
- What is a “clew,” and how does this apply to studying the Bible?
- How Stephanie came upon this book along with Charlotte’s Mother’s Education Course
- Who was Mary Petrie, and how was she connected with Mason?
- How is Clews to Holy Writ set up?
- How can a busy mom actually implement this type of study?
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Books and Links Mentioned:
Clews to Holy Writ, Vol. 1 by Mary Petrie, ed. by Stephanie Russell
The Story of Charlotte Mason by Essex Cholmondeley
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Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
Mere Motherhood Facebook Group
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How, then, shall we study our Bible, bearing in mind that our aim is not textual criticism, or even textual knowledge, but the knowledge of God? The interpreter is too much with us. We lean on him––whether in commentary, essay, sermon, poem, critique––and are content that he should think for us. It is better that we should, in the first place, try our own efforts at interpretation; when we fail or are puzzled is the time to compare our thought with that of others, choosing as interpreters men of devout mind and scholarly accomplishment. Orderly study, with the occasional help of a sound commentary, is to be recommended.
Charlotte Mason, Ourselves, pp. 83-84
