{"id":27099,"date":"2020-02-24T11:50:59","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T16:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/?p=27099"},"modified":"2021-09-01T15:03:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T19:03:48","slug":"scripture-comes-alive-during-zotanos-spiritual-renewal-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/2020\/02\/scripture-comes-alive-during-zotanos-spiritual-renewal-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Scripture Comes Alive During \u201cZotanos\u201d Spiritual Renewal Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A massive Bible, the Greek word \u201cZotanos\u201d, stories about family and faith were all part of Spiritual Renewal Week with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/2020\/01\/spiritual-renewal-week-to-explore-zotanos\/\">Rebecca W. Tyson<\/a> February 17 to 21, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Each day, Rebecca dug deep into scripture with students, pulling from commentaries and the original language to invite students to do more than just \u201chear\u201d Gods word, but to truly \u201clisten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She asked, for example, what kind of reaction students might get if they called their mother \u201cWoman\u201d like Jesus does Mary at the wedding at Cana. Quoting from John 2:4, she read: \u201cAnd Jesus said to her, \u2018Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.'\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Hebrew word for \u201cWoman\u201d used in that scripture is actually the most honored way to refer to a woman in that culture and language, Rebecca explained. \u201cIt\u2019s a little like you saying \u2018Ma\u2019am\u2019 in the most respectful way,\u201d she explained. This explanation changed the tone and meaning of the scripture, and was just one example of how deep Bible study can make the Bible come alive and be \u201cZotanos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In wrapping up the week, Rebecca reflected:<\/p>\n<p>If you truly want God\u2019s Word to become real to you,<br \/>\nIf you really want to listen and not just hear,<br \/>\nIf you want to be healed by your faith,<br \/>\nIf you want to be aware of Who is in your boat, regardless of the storm,<br \/>\nIf you want to have incredible landmark moments and become who God wants you to be,<br \/>\nIf you want to be a team member with whoever is raising you so you can grow up well,<br \/>\nIf you want to step into your Bible and be fully there,<br \/>\nIf you want a Zotanos relationship with God\u2026<br \/>\nThen we need JESUS.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus is Zotanos.<\/p>\n<p>View all of Rebecca\u2019s presentations on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC6Nrt6RuzmPpBdInCssoCyA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">EMS chapel channel<\/a> on YouTube.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A massive Bible, the Greek word \u201cZotanos\u201d, stories about family and faith were all part of Spiritual Renewal Week with Rebecca W. Tyson February 17 to 21, 2020. Each day, Rebecca dug deep into scripture with students, pulling from commentaries and the original language to invite students to do more than just \u201chear\u201d Gods word,\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":27382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[323],"tags":[312],"class_list":["post-27099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faith-formation","tag-chapel"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27099"}],"curies":[{"name":"gracias","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}