It’s February 19th and that means that some of us who started reading the Bible with good intentions either on our own in January or together with the church on February 1 have fallen behind. Me too.

My Bible reading practice this winter has actually been a Bible listening practice. Each evening when I walk the dog, I pop in earbuds and listen to Scripture. It was going really well. Then we had a stretch of cold weather that made the dog and I both quite happy to stay inside and I began to fall behind. When I look at my plan I no longer see a satisfying chain of check marks, but a disturbing gap. As we fall off the pace the task in front of us seems to grow to the point where we conclude that we’ll never make it, but you can make it. If you’re going to make it you need to do something really simple– pick up where you left off. If necessary, do it over and over again and eventually you’ll have read through the entire Bible! I think you’ll be glad you did.

You can find resources to guide you through the Bible under the Bible Project tab on this website and at bibleproject.com.