Bible dips

We were given a small new testament by some worshipers in downtown Melbourne recently. So we indulged in Bible-dips, to see what the bible had in stock for us. For those who are unaware of the term, Augusten Burroughs described it in his book Running with Scissors, "All the Finches did bible-dips. It was like asking a Magic Eight Ball a question, only you were asking God. The way it worked was, one person held the bible while another person thought of a question to ask God, like, 'Should I get my hair cut short?' Then the person holding the bible opened it at random, and the person asking the question dropped his or her finger on the page. Whatever word your finger landed on, this was your answer." The answers can be truly surprising. Try it out. Or pick up "Running with Scissors", it's a good read.