I don't think it is enough appreciated how much an outdoor book the Bible is. It is a "hypaethral book, " such as Thoreau talked about - a book open to the sky. It is best read and understood outdoors, and the farther outdoors the better. Or that has been my experience of it. Passages that within walls seem improbable or incredible, outdoors seem merely natural. This is because outdoors we are confronted everywhere with wonders; we see that the miraculous is not extraordinary but the common mode of existence. It is our daily bread. .Wendell Berry
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The Bible is a book that is full of stories and information, but it is also full of life. It is a book that captures the history of the world and the struggles of humanity. But more than that, it is a book that captures the struggles of individual people, from the beginning to the end. Jesus Christ was born in a manger, he died on a cross, and his resurrection was a miracle.
Jesus’s death and resurrection were part of a huge story that has been told through time. The Bible gives us a chance to see what these events looked like from so many different perspectives—so many different points of view. It also shows us how all these stories have been affecting people today, including our own lives.
Reading the Bible outdoors gives us a chance to read about these incredible events with fresh eyes, to see them as they really are, not as we might imagine them.
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