Week 11: Chapter 10 — Journaling

1.Whitney acknowledges that journaling is not explicitly commanded in Scripture, yet he argues it is a discipline with deep biblical roots — the Psalms themselves are a kind of spiritual journal. Do you find that framing helpful or surprising? How does looking at the Psalms as a model for written prayer and reflection change how you read them?

2.He identifies several purposes for journaling: recording insights from Scripture, tracking answered prayers, processing emotions before God, capturing spiritual commitments, and creating a record of God's faithfulness over time. Which of these purposes feels most compelling or most needed in your current season?

3.Whitney makes the observation that writing forces us to think more clearly than we do in our heads — that vague spiritual impressions become concrete when we try to put them into words. Have you found that to be true in your own experience of writing, either in a journal or in other contexts?