Fellow travelers:

Below are the chapters to read this week if you’re following along my Bible in a year schedule.  Reading 3 chapters a day on weekdays and 4 on weekends almost exactly covers the 1,189 chapters of the Bible.  I study the morning chapters and only read (or sometimes use an audio Bible for) the evening ones, but you can follow along any way you want.

2024 starts with Psalms and 1 Samuel in the morning, since so many Psalms are based on David’s life, which is covered in 1 and 2 Samuel.  The evenings will start with the Pentateuch.

Monday, January 8
Morning: Psalm 8, 1 Samuel 10
Evening: Genesis 8

Tuesday, January 9
Morning: Psalm 9, 1 Samuel 11
Evening: Genesis 9

Wednesday, January 10
Morning: Psalm 10, 1 Samuel 12
Evening: Genesis 10

Thursday, January 11
Morning: Psalm 11, 1 Samuel 13
Evening: Genesis 11

Friday, January 12
Morning: Psalm 12, 1 Samuel 14
Evening: Genesis 12

Saturday, January 13
Morning: Psalm 13, 1 Samuel 15-16
Evening: Genesis 13

Sunday, January 14
Morning: Psalm 14, 1 Samuel 17-18
Evening: Genesis 14

Fellow travelers:

Below are the chapters to read this week if you’re following along my Bible in a year schedule.  Reading 3 chapters a day on weekdays and 4 on weekends almost exactly covers the 1,189 chapters of the Bible.  I study the morning chapters and only read (or sometimes use an audio Bible for) the evening ones, but you can follow along any way you want.

2024 starts with Psalms and 1 Samuel in the morning, since so many Psalms are based on David’s life, which is covered in 1 and 2 Samuel.  The evenings will start with the Pentateuch.

Monday, January 1
Morning: Psalm1, 1 Samuel 1
Evening: Genesis 1

Tuesday, January 2
Morning: Psalm 2, 1 Samuel 2
Evening: Genesis 2

Wednesday, January 3
Morning: Psalm 3, 1 Samuel 3
Evening: Genesis 3

Thursday, January 4
Morning: Psalm 4, 1 Samuel 4
Evening: Genesis 4

Friday, January 5
Morning: Psalm 5, 1 Samuel 5
Evening: Genesis 5

Saturday, January 6
Morning: Psalm 6, 1 Samuel 6-7
Evening: Genesis 6

Sunday, January 7
Morning: Psalm 7, 1 Samuel 8-9
Evening: Genesis 7

Fellow travelers,

Have you ever read the Bible in a year?  If you haven’t, have you ever wanted to?  If you cover 3 chapters a day on weekdays and 4 on weekends, it almost exactly comes to the 1,189 total chapters over a full year.  2024 is a leap year, so there’s an extra day.

Beginning on Sunday, I’ll be posting here every week a guide for the following Monday – Sunday.  My personal approach is to study 2-3 chapters per day in the morning along with a study bible or commentary, and just read or listen to audio for the remaining chapter at night.  I start every year with one Psalm a day, plus something else in the morning, and a different book in the evening.  I find the variety helpful.  It doesn’t always work out that way, but that’s the plan.

Weekly I will post Morning and Evening chapters, but readers could follow along any way they want.  They could just read the one chapter per day (the “Evening” reading), or just the 2-3 chapters (the “Morning” reading).  They could use an audio Bible for all or part of it.  They could swap the Morning and Evening chapters if that’s a better schedule.  Everyone knows best what works for them and what they’re likely to stick with, even if it’s not the whole Bible in a year.

This year will start with Psalms and 1 Samuel in the morning, since so many Psalms are based on David’s life, which is covered in 1 and 2 Samuel.  The evenings will start with the Pentateuch.

Looking forward to 2024!