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Bible in a Year: Week of January 22-28

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Fellow travelers:

Below are the chapters to read this week if you’re following along my Bible in a year schedule, divided into morning and evening readings.  This week, we’ll finish our first book – 1 Samuel – and start 2 Samuel.

Monday, January 22
Morning: Psalm 22, 1 Samuel 28
Evening: Genesis 22

Tuesday, January 23
Morning: Psalm 23, 1 Samuel 29
Evening: Genesis 23

Wednesday, January 24
Morning: Psalm 24, 1 Samuel 30
Evening: Genesis 24

Thursday, January 25
Morning: Psalm 25, 1 Samuel 31
Evening: Genesis 25

Friday, January 26
Morning: Psalm 26, 2 Samuel 1
Evening: Genesis 26

Saturday, January 27
Morning: Psalm 27, 2 Samuel 2-3
Evening: Genesis 27

Sunday, January 28
Morning: Psalm 28, 2 Samuel 4-5
Evening: Genesis 28

Living Faithfully in the Times You Have

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“while the [Old Testament] prophets train their attention on the eternal, kairos drama of God’s words and actions, they remain intimately involved in the events of their historical time. Being caught between these two times can be quite painful and disorienting, particularly when it is difficult to see the hand of Providence in the daily news. Near the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring, Tolkien articulates this predicament well. When Gandalf, acting in many ways as an heir to the biblical prophets, tells Frodo that Sauron has risen and is searching for the ring that Bilbo gave him, Frodo’s reaction to this news is quite natural: “I wish it need not have happened in my time.” Frodo would prefer to step out of his time, to escape the confusing and frightful events of chronos. In this regard, he is much like King Hezekiah, who is pleased when Isaiah tells him that his sons will be carried into captivity and made eunuchs- at least, Hezekiah thinks, “there will be peace and security in my days” (Is 39:8). Gandalf’s reply to Frodo balances empathy with a bracing call to courageously and faithfully inhabit the tension between the messy demands of chronos and the divine call of kairos: “‘So do I;’ said Gandalf, ‘and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” The biblical prophets likewise repeatedly urge their hearers to decide how to respond to the events of their time by the standard of God’s eternal word.”

From “Reading the Times”, by Jeffrey Bilbro, P. 95-96

Bible in a Year: Week of January 15-21

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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 15
Morning: Psalm 15, 1 Samuel 19
Evening: Genesis 15

Tuesday, January 16
Morning: Psalm 16, 1 Samuel 20
Evening: Genesis 16

Wednesday, January 17
Morning: Psalm 17, 1 Samuel 21
Evening: Genesis 17

Thursday, January 18
Morning: Psalm 18, 1 Samuel 22
Evening: Genesis 18

Friday, January 19
Morning: Psalm 19, 1 Samuel 23
Evening: Genesis 19

Saturday, January 20
Morning: Psalm 20, 1 Samuel 24-25
Evening: Genesis 20

Sunday, January 21
Morning: Psalm 21, 1 Samuel 26-27
Evening: Genesis 21

Bible in a Year: Week of January 8-14

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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

Bible in a Year: Week of January 1-7

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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