processing

I'm up and blogging again...mostly because I need to process stuff and my journal is almost full. So I may (or may not, we'll see how it goes) find myself blogging after classes, since I process while I write. So, while it occasionally may appear it, I'm not trying to write fallacies....I'm just trying to sort stuff out.

Reader-Response-a dangerous way of interpreting the bible? Does an author have only one intent in her writing? There are 8 billion people in the world. There's no way we're all going to read things the same way. As a writer, if I'm going to write with one specific intent, I'll write clearly. When I write with metaphor, I have to be aware that people are going to interpret that in different ways. I may have one specific incidence in mind, but people can't climb into my head and know that. They can have conversation with me, I can share my meaning, but any images I use are going to be seen differently in their minds.
True, I believe scripture to be God-breathed, or divinely inspired or whatever you want to call it. But as each of us makes up a portion of the body of Christ, should we not take into account how another views Scripture? Does the Spirit interact with us in different ways or the same? Do we put aside our worldview to interpret scripture or let scripture shape our world view. Both, I think.
What does it mean that the Bible is living?
I don't know...more to wrestle with, I guess......though I suppose that is the reason I'm in seminary(among others I'm sure will be revealed to me later)

...and particularly an evangelical seminary....

I'm sure I'll edit this later, as more processing continues.