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  • You Don’t Have to Bring It Up

    You Don’t Have to Bring It Up

    Most people don’t talk about reading the Bible. Not because they’re against it. It just doesn’t come up. It’s not a normal part of conversation, so even people who want to be consistent assume they’re the only ones struggling with it, or the only ones not doing it at all.

    That’s part of why it’s hard to start. It feels like something you have to figure out on your own.

    This doesn’t fix that completely, but it does make one part easier. You don’t have to bring it up or turn it into a conversation. You can just send it. No setup, no explanation, just a simple reading plan someone can open and decide for themselves.

    Sometimes that’s enough to get someone moving.

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  • Nobody’s Explaining It To You

    Nobody’s Explaining It To You

    There’s no commentary on this site. No devotional notes, no “what this really means,” nobody walking you through the passage before you get there yourself. That’s on purpose.

    Most places that talk about the Bible hand you a conclusion before you’ve read the text. A takeaway, an angle, something to agree with before you’ve even started. This site skips that step. You read the passage. That’s the whole interaction.

    Some days it’s clear. Some days it isn’t, and you finish the reading without a tidy point to walk away with. That’s not the plan failing. That’s the plan.

    Working out what a passage means on your own tends to stick longer than being told. No commentary. No agenda. Just the readings.

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  • Reading on Vacation

    Reading on Vacation

    I’ve got a trip coming up with my kids, so I’ve been thinking about this myself.

    The easy answer is to just skip it for the week. Vacation is vacation. But I’ve done that before and it’s never just one week. You come back and the rhythm is gone and getting back into it takes longer than it should.

    The readings are short enough that this doesn’t have to be a problem. Twenty minutes or less on the days with passages, five minutes on the others. That fits into most vacation days without competing with anything else. Early in the morning before anyone’s up, or at the end of the night. It doesn’t need a desk or a quiet room. Just a few minutes and whatever you’re reading on.

    The Proverbs chapter takes about five minutes on its own. If that’s all you get on a busy day, that’s fine. It’s not nothing.

    The people who stay consistent through vacations aren’t doing anything complicated. They’re just not treating the trip as a reason to stop, and they’re not trying to maintain some elaborate routine either. They find a small window and use it.

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  • Two Different Things

    Two Different Things

    There’s a difference between knowing what people say about the Bible and knowing what the Bible actually says.

    A lot of people have the first without the second. They’ve heard sermons, read devotionals, absorbed other people’s takes on passages they’ve never actually sat down and read themselves. They have a general sense of what’s in there without much direct exposure to the text.

    That’s not unusual. It’s actually pretty easy to end up there without realizing it.

    This site is set up to close that gap. No interpretive layer between you and the reading. No notes at the bottom pointing you toward a conclusion. Just the text, the same way it’s been read for a long time by people who didn’t have access to anyone else’s explanation of it.

    What you take away is yours. Not someone else’s summary of it.

    That might feel less certain at first. You don’t get a clean takeaway handed to you at the end. But what builds up over time is something different from borrowed understanding. It’s your own.

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  • One Person

    One Person

    You probably know at least one person who has mentioned wanting to read the Bible more.

    Not in a dramatic way. Just in passing. Something like “I keep meaning to do that” or “I used to read it more.” It comes up and then it doesn’t go anywhere.

    That’s not a motivation problem. Most of those people are reasonably motivated. They just don’t have a simple structure to follow, and building one from scratch never quite makes it to the top of the list.

    You already found something that works. That’s the hard part. The easy part is sending a link.

    You don’t need to frame it or explain it. Just send it and let them look at it. They’ll either use it or they won’t. Either way you spent about ten seconds.

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  • Readings for 2/8 – 2/14

    Readings for 2/8 – 2/14

    Here are the reading for this week.

    As always, simply read the chapter of Proverbs each day that corresponds with the day of the month. Then do the weekly readings as you have time during the week.

    Date Proverbs/ Psalms Weekly Readings
    Feb 08 Proverbs 8 Psalm 21
    Leviticus 3–6
    Feb 09 Proverbs 9 Psalm 22
    Leviticus 7–10
    Feb 10 Proverbs 10 Psalm 23
    Leviticus 11–15
    Feb 11 Proverbs 11 Psalm 24
    Leviticus 16–19
    Feb 12 Proverbs 12  
    Feb 13 Proverbs 13  
    Feb 14 Proverbs 14  

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  • Readings for 2/1 – 2/7

    Readings for 2/1 – 2/7

    Here are the reading for this week.

    As always, simply read the chapter of Proverbs each day that corresponds with the day of the month. Then do the weekly readings as you have time during the week.

    DateProverbsPsalms & Weekly Readings
    Feb 01Proverbs 1Psalm 17
    Exodus 26–29
    Feb 02Proverbs 2Psalm 18
    Exodus 30–32
    Feb 03Proverbs 3Psalm 19
    Exodus 33–37
    Feb 04Proverbs 4Psalm 20
    Exodus 38–40
    Leviticus 1–2
    Feb 05Proverbs 5 
    Feb 06Proverbs 6 
    Feb 07Proverbs 7 

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  • You’re Running Out of Week

    You’re Running Out of Week

    It’s Friday.

    If you planned to get the readings done earlier this week and haven’t yet, this is your nudge.

    Not a guilt trip. Just a reminder.

    This isn’t one of those things that magically gets easier if you wait longer. If anything, the longer you put it off, the heavier it feels. Five quiet minutes today is better than a perfect plan that never happens.

    If you’ve fallen behind, just pick up where we are, instead of letting the piled up readings discourage you.

    While you’re at it consider sharing the site with one person you know. Not a blast. Not a post everywhere. Just one person who might actually read.

    Just share this email with them, they can click the link below which will take them to the site where they can check it out. And if they like it they can sign up.

    Let them know they don’t need to “catch up.”
    They don’t need to wait until January when we start over.

    This is an ongoing reading plan. You just start where we are.

    Read what’s in front of you. Let it hit you where you are right now. Next year, you’ll get the earlier parts then. Nothing is lost.

    That’s enough.

    Now close this and go read.

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  • Readings for 1/25 – 1/31

    Readings for 1/25 – 1/31

    Here are the reading for this week.

    As always, simply read the chapter of Proverbs each day that corresponds with the day of the month. Then do the weekly readings as you have time during the week.

    DateProverbs/ PsalmsWeekly Readings
    Jan 25Proverbs 25Psalm 13
    Exodus 6–10
    Jan 26Proverbs 26Psalm 14
    Exodus 11–15
    Jan 27Proverbs 27Psalm 15
    Exodus 16–20
    Jan 28Proverbs 28Psalm 16
    Exodus 21–25
    Jan 29Proverbs 29
    Jan 30Proverbs 30
    Jan 31Proverbs 31

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  • Readings for 1/18 – 1/24

    Readings for 1/18 – 1/24

    Here are the reading for this week.

    As always, simply read the chapter of Proverbs each day that corresponds with the day of the month. Then do the weekly readings as you have time during the week.

    We will be finishing Genesis this week and staring on Exodus.

    One down, 65 to go!

    DateProverbs/ PsalmsWeekly Readings
    Jan 18Proverbs 18Psalm 9
    Genesis 38–41
    Jan 19Proverbs 19Psalm 10
    Genesis 42–45
    Jan 20Proverbs 20Psalm 11
    Genesis 46–50
    Jan 21Proverbs 21Psalm 12
    Exodus 1–5
    Jan 22Proverbs 22
    Jan 23Proverbs 23
    Jan 24Proverbs 24

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