Today we're joined by our friend Jen Woken, wife, mom, Bible teacher, and the author of

the fabulous book, Women of the Word, how to study the Bible with both our hearts and

our minds.

The book turns four years old this summer, and it's already sold 200,000 print copies

alone.

Incredible.

The whole forest has died for good cause.

Jen, besides clear cutting in the entire forest, what did you set out to do with this book?

When I set out to write Women of the Word, first of all, I never even thought I would become

an author.

I was just head down teaching the Bible in the local church, and this was the method that

I had come to identify as being helpful for women over the years.

I was not even familiar with the observation interpretation application method that existed.

I ended up coming up with my own formula of comprehension, interpretation, and application,

which appealed to my Baptist feelings about acronyms because it spelled CIA and was an

easy way to help women remember those three steps.

But I had just developed a method based on my background having studied English and

having studied literature and then trying to apply basic interpretation tools that you

would use with any book to this most precious of books.

The main obstacle for women is usually just not knowing where to start.

I would say the main obstacle for anyone is just not knowing where to start.

This was an opportunity to give them a starting point and to give them basic tools.

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