PRAIRIE RIDGE, IL — After a decade-long commitment to what he called "intentional Scripture marking," local believer Jason Peters has finally acknowledged that highlighting 97% of his Bible might not be the most effective study method.

"I started with just marking the really important verses," Peters explained while nursing his third cup of Squirrelly Joe's Wisdom roast. "But then everything started seeming important. It's the Word of God, after all."

Peters' Bible, now resembling a neon yellow brick more than a sacred text, contains only a handful of unhighlighted words—mostly articles and conjunctions that even Peters couldn't justify marking.

"At first, the highlighting helped things stand out," Peters admitted. "But when everything's highlighted, nothing stands out anymore. It's like drinking premium single-origin coffee every day—it becomes the new normal, and you miss the distinct notes that made it special."

The revelation came during last Wednesday's men's Bible study when Peters realized he couldn't find a particular passage about perseverance because "literally every page was the same color."

"The guys were all turning to James, and I was flipping through a sea of yellow, unable to distinguish one highlighted section from another," Peters said, absently running his finger along the rim of his empty coffee mug. "That's when it hit me—this system is as broken as a church coffee maker five minutes before service ends."

Peters reports his next spiritual discipline will involve sticky notes, which he believes will be "more sustainable." He has already purchased seven different colors and created an elaborate coding system that his wife describes as "definitely bound to last at least two weeks."

Local Christian bookstore owner Martha Simmons has seen this pattern before. "We sell more highlighting products than anything else, except maybe coffee mugs with Bible verses on them," Simmons said. "But we also have a robust sticky note section ready for when the highlighters inevitably fail them."

At press time, Peters was spotted in the church library meticulously applying his first sticky note to the Book of Genesis while simultaneously ordering a new journaling Bible with "extra-wide margins for notes I'll definitely take this time."

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