Wednesday Evening Bible Study

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Evening Bible Study

Wednesdays at 6:30 pm on Zoom (Contact Pr Sue for the link, or look in your Friday Weekend Update Email)

This Wednesday June 24, 2026, we continue looking at scriptures explored by Walter Brueggemann in his book, “Interrupting Silence: God’s Command to Speak Out.”   Remember – you DO NOT NEED TO READ ANYTHING BEFORE WE MEET, but if you have time, take a look at 1 Corinthians 14: 33-35 (and maybe the verses preceding and after those as well), and bring any thoughts or questions you may have. 

If you DO want to read the chapter, we will be discussing Chapter 8 “The Church as a Silencing Institution,” from the book Interrupting Silence: God’s Command to Speak Out by Walter Brueggemann.
  – Think about those times when individuals or groups have been “silenced” in the church, or because of what the church has said or done… who has been silenced ?
  – Have YOU ever been silenced / or felt silenced by the church, or maybe even by well-meaning members of the church?

Silence is a complex matter. It can refer to awe before unutterable holiness, but it can also refer to the coercion where some voices are silenced in the interest of control by the dominant voices. It is the latter silence that Walter Brueggemann explores, urging us to speak up in situations of injustice.

Interrupting Silence illustrates that the Bible is filled with stories where marginalized people break repressive silence and speak against it. Examining how maintaining silence allows the powerful to keep control, Brueggemann motivates readers to consider situations in their lives where they need to either interrupt silence or be part of the problem, convincing us that God is active and wanting us to act for justice.

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