Bible journaling is the prayerful practice of pausing to reflect on a verse or section of Scripture and then responding in loving worship with words, color, study, and creativity. Visual Faith® Ministry offers margins, Scripture graphics, and Bible journaling kits in the Shoppe. This video will provide guidance on some of the particulars of Bible journaling: selecting a Bible, determining pens that are safe on thin pages, using art supplies on the pages of your Bible, and many other pointers.
Bible Journaling
Bible journaling lets you doodle, color, and write your way through Scripture—turning quiet time into creative time. With Visual Faith® Ministry’s tools, you can color margins, add stickers, and make the Word come alive on the page!
Bible Margins
An easy on-ramp to Bible Journaling is using VFM printed Bible Margins. There are hundreds of Bible margins in the Shoppe. Simply choose a margin (searchable in the Shoppe by book and chapter number), download, embellish, and adhere into your Bible. If you prefer, some Bibles, such as The Enduring Word Bible, available from Concordia Publishing House and other book-sellers, has pre-printed margins on the pages. (Fun Fact: This Bible was illustrated by some of our VFM artists!)
Bible margin printed, traced in and colored! John 20:18 margin by Katie Helmreich
You can download, print, color, and add as a tip in. John 1:43 margin by Pat Maier
This margin was use as an inspiration and expanded onto the full page. Mark 1:17 margin by Emily Adams.
Want to learn how to do your own creative Lettering? Pat Maier, Co-Founder of VFM, gave a presentation on Lettering. This event was recorded and includes a 16 page download!
Bible Journaling by Connie Denninger, using Worship into the Week in her margin.
Margin Bible Journaling using VFM Margins, by Connie Denninger
Scripture Graphics
VFM has hundreds of images that focus on individual passages of Scripture. These Scripture Graphics, Visual Church Year (VCY) Half Sheets, and Church Graphics (for various events/seasons of the church year) may be added to your journal or Bible. You may also use these resources to create tag projects, prayer cards, and more!
Full page Bible Journaling Matthew 4:10 graphic by Sally Beck designed by Diane Marra.
Full page Bible Journaling, Romans 15:12 VCY half sheet graphic by Katie Helmreich, designed by Diane Marra.
Full Page Bible Journaling Joel 2:12 graphic by Sally Beck, designed by Diane Marra
Bible Journaling By Verse Kits (BJBV)
VFM also offers “Bible Journaling Kits!” These kits include a devotional with discussion questions, along with several pages of ephemera with suggestions for arranging on a page or in a margin space. In each kit, you will find everything you need to visually respond to a specific passage.
Bible Journaling Kit by the Verse, Denise Miller Creative Director VFM and her grandchildren
Bible Journaling by Verse Kit - A Year in the Psalms - Psalm 5
Bible Journaling by Verse Kit - Names of Jesus - Angel of the Lord
Bible Journaling Kit Verse - 5+2>5000
Full page Bible journaling using the Names of God Jehovah Shalom Treasures kit by Denise Miller.
Bible Journaling with Sally Beck Pentecost graphics, and Acts 2:26 Sermon Notes Margin.
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Full page Bible journaling by Denise Miller. Create a background, then type a set of Bible verses and add.
Full page Bible journaling using Scripture Graphics by Sally Beck, created by Denise Miller.
To discover the “heart” of Bible journaling, VFM recommends reading Writing in the Margins by Lisa Hickman. She talks about people who simply marked in their Bibles or wrote in the margins.
There are experiential prompts at the end of each chapter, and the book is suitable for group study. Lisa encourages us to view the blank spaces around the biblical text as: “a life-giving, chaos-breaking, transforming, creative conversation between you and the eternal God.”
