Judi's Story
Judi Galloway, author-speaker, has a passion for enriching the faith of Christians. The focus of her keynote speaking ministry is to mentor, encourage, and exhort. Attendees leave assured and prepared to live life infusing Biblical principles in their day-to day-living. She also teaches studying the Bible in workshops. She presents the inductive journal learning system she devised as the foundation of her workshop. Attendees leave confident and equipped for studying the Scriptures on their own.
She is the author and illustrator of five books, Examining God’s Word Bible Study being the sixth.
Judi resides in Caledonia, Michigan with her husband, and can be seen on their motorcycle going out for ice cream or pizza.
As far back as I can remember, I was joyful about Jesus. Church and Vacation Bible School were positive experiences and made it a natural response to believe in Jesus. After hearing the invitation from John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.”, I received His gift.
I was born in Michigan and transplanted in Kansas, then back to Michigan again. Being the fifth of six children, I was never alone. My siblings were my best friends. After college, I met my husband on a blind date. He proposed to me on a hot air balloon ride (isn’t that cool!); great joy entered our home with three beautiful daughters.
As years passed my interests grew to teaching Sunday School, leading Bible Club in the public schools, and writing five books for the Literacy Program in Papua New Guinea. God called me to write a Bible Study…. and… God stirred the desire to be a Speaker.
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“Now these (Jews from Berea) were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.” Acts 17:11.
I remember studying on my own but did not get the results I was striving for. Why was it so hard?
I wanted to understand for myself
what the Bible said.
As I studied the Bible, God was preparing me for my Speaking ministry. I took courses and my journey began as a public speaker.
Then a couple of other significant things happened. I heard a talk about journaling while reading the Bible. I was inspired! I kept a notebook journaling my thoughts. This was exactly what I needed, so I stuck with it. Writing down observations started out simple. Then the day came when I was joyfully reading and journaling the Bible on my own for an hour at a time!
I was so excited how the Bible had come alive, I told my friend.
I shared my excitement with a friend. She said she would try it. After a week, I asked her how it went. She said, “I didn’t know what to write.” That got me thinking about how to write down noteworthy thoughts. The Bible Study “Examining God’s Word” was born. I teach what I call the inductive journal learning system. It teaches principles of journaling while reading the Bible.
It also teaches you how to ask questions of the Bible text and learn observation skills. It guides you to Internet resources and helps to uncover truths.
I enjoy sharing the excitement of the Bible coming alive through speaking at events. Ask me to come share with your group! I'd love to come!
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Statement of Faith:
I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting.
- The Apostles' Creed
It is my desire that your faith will grow, you will gain the habit of being in the Bible daily and you will learn how to develop skills in gleaning from Scripture successfully on your own!
You’ll find a link to examples of notebook entries on this site and YouTube links below. Examining God’s Word Bible Study, is currently in publication stage. To pre-order, send me a message requesting one on my Contact page. Also, watch this website for details when the product is available for purchase.