Bible In A Year Starts Tomorrow!
Welcome to the Bible in a Year for 2025. Intro to this series and resource links available here.
Alright, we’re ready to start reading the Bible In A Year (BIAY) tomorrow.
As we begin, here’s how I’m approaching this project.
I’ll link each day’s readings to the Bible App. This way, whether on a computer or on your phone, whether reading from an email or on the Substack app, you’ll have a simple and convenient way of pulling up the readings.
I’m going to share reflections based on my own engagement with a physical Bible, since reading through the Bible this year for me is also about creating what I call a Legacy Bible—a gift to share with someone (child, grandchild, or other loved one) or a personal record of your journey through the Bible this year for yourself.
I’m not going to attempt to comment on everything in a day’s reading. I will share particular verses that stand out to me, questions I’m pondering, personal impressions and the like. After all, in creating a Legacy Bible, I’m not attempting to duplicate the work of excellent scholars and teaching that is already available. I’m sharing my personal interaction with the scriptures. If you are creating a Legacy Bible too, I’ll try to model what I’m doing in order to help you imagine what you’d like to do.
Here’s what I’ll ask/invite you to do.
Read each day. Obvious, but still the first step. Most days will be 3-4 chapters and readable within 15 minutes. Picking a time of day to put it in your routine (like with your morning coffee, on your lunch break, etc.), or simply determining to read it before bedtime will help you make it happen.
If you’re creating a Legacy Bible, underline a verse or verses that stand out to you. Add a comment in your margin about it or a reference to another scripture that it reminds you of. Plan on an extra 10-15 minutes for this. It’s a commitment, but you’re only up to about 30 minutes/day. You can do it, and it’s worth it.
Give yourself some grace if you miss or don’t have the time or mental energy to make notes or comments one day. That’s ok. There are six days/week in the reading plan, so you’ll have a catch-up day once/week. There are a couple extra catch-up days most months too. Don’t string together too many days off, but cut yourself some slack for one here or there.
Comment on the daily Seeds of Faith post at least once/week. This is a good way to keep yourself engaged as well as encourage others. A comment could be a favorite verse from the readings, a truth you see about the character of God, a question this reading raises for you, or something else. If you read this via email, click the “comment” button at the bottom of the entry. Replying to the email will only come to me, so please use the comments to share with others.
I’m excited to do this with you all - See you in the first entry!
“But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.” (Matthew 13:23)
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