For the ancients, to meditate is to read a text and to learn it "by heart" in the fullest sense of this expression, that is with one's whole being: with the body, since the mouth pronounced it, with the memory which fixes it, with the intelligence which understands its meaning, and with the will which desires to put it into practice.

Jean Leclerq, The Love of Learning and the Desire for God
quoted in Habits of the Mind, James W. Sire, IVP.

Bible Studies

This page has some of the bible studies we've done.  Most of the pages avoid giving canned answers, and instead give a list of leading(!) questions intended to guide you through thinking through the text yourself.  Feel free to use these materials if they help.