The Margin Key · Your first week, by email
Mark your first passage one color a day, with me beside you.
Five short emails, one a day. Each gives you one small step from page 6 of the guide, about ten minutes, with my own marked example so you can check your page against mine. By day five you’ll have a fully marked passage and the whole key in your hands.
- One step a day: her first, then God and the people around her, then circles and boxes.
- Ten minutes most days. Day four, the sorting day, takes about fifteen.
- Every email ends with a question. Hit reply and tell me how it went.
Five days · five emails
Walk your first week with me
Tell me where to send it. Day 1 is on its way as soon as you sign up.
Five emails over five days, then an occasional note from me. Unsubscribe in one click.
Don’t have the guide yet? Download the Margin Key. No email needed for that part.
What lands in your inbox
Five days. One passage. Every color in the key.
The emails follow page 6 of the guide, so you can’t fall behind. Miss a day and the next one simply waits in your inbox.
Hannah’s story is a lovely place to start!
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Day1
Brielle York
Welcome, Sis. Your first week starts here
Choose 8 to 12 verses. Read once with your pen down, then mark only her in pink: what she says, what she does, and how the text describes her.
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Day2
Brielle York
Who else is in the room with her?
Read it again. God goes in purple and the people around her go in green, so you can see who else is shaping her story.
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Day3
Brielle York
The word your passage keeps coming back to
With your dark pen, circle a word that keeps repeating and tally it. Then box anything that makes you go, “Wait, what?” and copy it into your question log.
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Day4
Brielle York
What you see, what it may suggest, what you wonder
Sort your marks into three columns, so what the text says stays separate from what you think about it. Fifteen minutes, and no pressure to be right.
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Day5
Brielle York
You did it, Sis. Here’s what comes next
Write one clear step for your relationships, your work or your home. Flag her other passages in pink and move your orange flag to your next passage.
Is this for you?
Made for the woman who’d like someone to go first.
Sign up if…
- You have the guide and would rather learn it one step at a time than all 25 pages at once.
- You’ve never marked a Bible and want a worked example beside every step.
- You lead a group and want to try the key yourself before you teach it.
Skip it if…
- You’ve already marked a passage with every color. You’re ready for the 15-Minute Study Method.
- You’d rather have a short daily study than a how-to. Those are on Gist.
Before you start
Good questions.
Do I need the guide first?
It helps, because each email points to a page in it. If you don’t have it yet, download the Margin Key here. There’s no email needed for the guide, and Day 1 links to it too.
What supplies do I need?
Your Bible, a dark pen, the five highlighters from the key, and a few sticky flags. Use what you already have. Bible paper is thin, so test anything new on a back page first.
How long does each day take?
About ten minutes. Day four, when you sort your marks into three columns, is closer to fifteen.
What if I miss a day?
Nothing is lost. The emails wait in your inbox, and each one follows page 6 of the guide, so you can pick up wherever you left off.
What happens after day five?
I’ll keep writing now and then, with a study or something I noticed in a passage. Every email has a one-click unsubscribe.
“Thank you for inviting me into your Bible study time. That’s a precious, everyday place, and I don’t take it lightly. I’m looking forward to walking with you this week.”
Brielle