#57 "Passions and Priorities" — Interview with Melissa Bouma

May 04, 2022 | Episode Guest: Melissa Bouma

Veteran trip participant Melissa Bouma of West Michigan joins our podcast today! Melissa is a wife, mother of five, volunteer and avid student of the Word. After recently visiting Israel for the third time, she joins Rich to share some of her experiences and how God spoke specifically to her heart at the Sea of Galilee. Melissa’s story is a great example of how a trip to Israel can be a springboard for your faith and personal Bible study. Perhaps most inspirational is her challenge to loosen our grip on our passions and plans. It's so easy to get carried away with doing things "for Jesus" that we lose focus on the fundamentals of following and obeying Him.

Melissa's recommended resources: “Sitting at the Feet of the Rabbi Jesus” by Lois Tverberg “Listening to the Language of the Bible: Hearing it Through Jesus’ Ears” by Lois Tverberg and Bruce Okkema “Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible” by E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O’Brien “Sabbath” by Abraham Joshua Heschel Jewish Study Bible and commentaries

Read some of Melissa's writing at: https://bringingshalomtoday.wordpress.com/

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