Level 1: Novice

1. 🧘‍♀️ Pray the words of scripture with breath prayers when life starts to feel heavy
2. 🤓 Read a small book of the Bible you’ve never read before (like Ruth, Jonah, Titus, or Jude) 
3. 🤔 Pick a familiar passage, like Psalm 23 or Romans 8, and read it in a translation that’s unfamiliar to you (like the NRSV or The Message)
4. 📚 Use a lectionary to guide your devotional life

Level 2: Apprentice

1. 🙏 Ask God to reveal a meaningful passage (1-5 verses), and commit to memorize it 
2. 👂 Pray through scripture with the practice of Lectio Divina, on your own or listen online!
3. ❤️ Challenge yourself to encourage a friend, family member, or even a stranger with scripture that’s meaningful to you
4. 🏠 Pick a chapter or book and start a Bible study with friends or family

Level 3: Master

1. 📆 Try a “read the Bible in a year” plan
2. 😬 Dive into some tough parts of scripture (imprecatory Psalms, Ecclesiastes, Deuteronomy), and chat about it with a trusted pastor or spiritual director
3. 🔍 Use a concordance to do a word study on something God brings to your attention when reading
4. 🧠 Prayerfully choose a longer portion of scripture to memorize over the course of a year