I read the Bible differently now

First time posting here and wanted to share something.

Growing up in a Christian home, I (39m) was taught to go to the Bible for the answers to all of life's questions. So I kind of learned to treat it like an encyclopedia or maybe a self-help book. I had questions (or problems, and the Bible had answers (or solutions). I don't think this was necessarily a wrong way to approach it, but I had a paradigm shift in my early adult life that completely changed the way I read my Bible now.

The Bible is a series of stories from a bunch of different authors that make up one larger narrative. When I started treating the text as a story it opened up entire new worlds of understanding to me. As I've shared this with a lot of people who grew up in similar backgrounds to myself, I've found it resonates deeply. So I started a substack yesterday to write about the way I read Bible stories now.

If there's anyone here who would like to hear more about this or engage in conversations about the stories of the Bible, you can find me here: https://timvoltz.substack.com/p/on-becoming-a-storyteller.

Grace and Peace :)