READING LIST

 

Read the Bible in a Year

 

The Center for Biblical Studies has designed a one year reading schedule to help those who commit as individuals or as members of a church, a church school or a diocese to read successfully through the entire Bible in a year’s time.  The CBS intentionally focuses on reading the entire Bible, reading the books of the Bible in sequence and ensuring that a psalm and a portion of the New Testament are read each day in order to provide strong spiritual daily content to sustain readers working through the entire Bible.
You can start this schedule on January 1 or any day of the year that you like.  This schedule works ideally if you begin on a Monday because we encourage readers to read portions of the Bible Monday through Saturday and assume that on Sunday they will be in church hearing the Scriptures read aloud.  The Bible is best understood in the context of a faith community and by persons who are committed to following the teachings of Jesus and obeying the Word of God in their daily life.  Merely hearing the Scriptures read aloud on Sunday, however, is not enough to know and to experience the living, life-transforming Word of God.

We encourage you always to put yourself in the presence of God before you begin reading the Scriptures.  Read with a desire to understand and follow the teachings of Scripture so that your life might be transformed by the Holy Spirit working within you as the Word of God is revealed to your heart, mind and soul.  We wish you every blessing in your faithful daily Bible reading.

We offer this prayer written by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer in 1549 The Book of Common Prayer as you begin your spiritual journey and The Bible Challenge.

“Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.”

Here’s a link  to the readings for the full year: http://thecenterforbiblicalstudies.org/pdf/One_Year_Bible_Read.pdf


Bible Challenge Daily Readings
September

17 – Genesis 1-3; Psalm 1; Matthew 1

18 – Genesis 4-6; Psalm 2; Matthew 2

19 – Genesis 7-9; Psalm 3; Matthew 3

20 – Genesis 10-12; Psalm 4; Matthew 4

21 – Genesis 13-15; Psalm 5; Matthew 5

22 – Genesis 16-18; Psalm 6; Matthew 6

23 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in     church!

24 – Genesis 19-21; Psalm 7; Matthew 7

25 – Genesis 22-24; Psalm 8; Matthew 8

26 – Genesis 25-27; Psalm 9; Matthew 9

27 – Genesis 28-30; Psalm 10; Matthew 10

28 – Genesis 31-33; Psalm 11; Matthew 11

29 – Genesis 34-36; Psalm 12; Matthew 12

30 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in     church!

October

1 – Genesis 37-39; Psalm 13; Matthew 13

2 – Genesis 40-42; Psalm 14; Matthew 14

3 – Genesis 43-45; Psalm 15; Matthew 15

4 – Genesis 46-48; Psalm 16; Matthew 16

5 – Genesis 49-50; Psalm 17; Matthew 17

6 – Exodus 1-3; Psalm 18:1-20; Matthew 18

7 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in       church!

8 – Exodus 4-6; Psalm 18:21-50; Matthew 19

9 – Exodus 7-9; Psalm 19; Matthew 20

10 – Exodus 10-12; Psalm 20; Matthew 21

11 – Exodus 13-15; Psalm 21; Matthew 22

12 – Exodus 16-18; Psalm 22; Matthew 23

13 – Exodus 19-21; Psalm 23; Matthew 24

14 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in     church!

15 – Exodus 22-24, Psalm 24, Matthew 25

16 – Exodus 25-27, Psalm 25, Matthew 26

17 – Exodus 28-30, Psalm 26, Matthew 27

18 – Exodus 31-33, Psalm 27, Matthew 28

19 – Exodus 34-36, Psalm 28, Mark 1

20 – Exodus 37-39, Psalm 29, Mark 2

21 -Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in     church!

22 – Exodus 40, Psalm 30, Mark 3

23 – Leviticus 1-3, Psalm 31, Mark 4

24 – Leviticus 4-6, Psalm 32, Mark 5

25 – Leviticus 7-9, Psalm 33, Mark 6

26 – Leviticus 10-12, Psalm 34, Mark 7

27 – Leviticus 13-15, Psalm 35, Mark 8

28 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

 

29 – Leviticus 16-18, Psalm 36, Mark 9

30 – Leviticus 19-21, Psalm 37:1-18, Mark 10

31 – Leviticus 22-24, Psalm 37:19-42, Mark 11

 

November

1 – Leviticus 25-27, Psalm 38, Mark 12

2 -  There is no Old Testament reading assigned for this day. 

 Please reread a favorite passage from the first three books of the Old Testament, 

 Psalm 39, Mark 13

3– Numbers 1-3, Psalm 40, Mark 14

4 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

5 – Numbers 4-5, Psalm 41, Mark 15

6 – Numbers 6-8, Psalm 42, Mark 16

7 – Numbers 9-11, Psalm 43, Luke 1

8 – Numbers 12-14, Psalm 44, Luke 2

9 – Numbers 15-17, Psalm 45, Luke 3

10 – Numbers 18-20, Psalm 46, Luke 4

11 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

12 – Numbers 21-23, Psalm 47, Luke 5

13 – Numbers 24-26, Psalm 48, Luke 6

14 – Numbers 27-29, Psalm 49, Luke 7

15 – Numbers 30-32, Psalm 50, Luke 8

16 – Numbers 33-35, Psalm 51, Luke 9

17 –   Numbers 36, Psalm 52, Luke 10

18 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

19 – Deuteronomy 1-3, Psalm 53, Luke 11

20 – Deuteronomy 4-6, Psalm 54, Luke 12

21 – Deuteronomy 7-9, Psalm 55, Luke 13

22 – Deuteronomy 10-12, Psalm 56, Luke 14

23– Deuteronomy 13-15, Psalm 57, Luke 15

24 -  Deuteronomy 16-18, Psalm 58, Luke 16

25 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

26 – Deuteronomy 19-21, Psalm 59, Luke 17

27 – Deuteronomy 22-24, Psalm 60, Luke 18

28 – Deuteronomy 25-27, Psalm 61, Luke 19

29  – Deuteronomy 28-30, Psalm 62, Luke 20

30  -  Deuteronomy 31-33, Psalm 63, Luke 21

 

December

1 – Deuteronomy 34, Psalm 64, Luke 22

2 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

3 – Joshua 1-3, Psalm 65, Luke 23

4 – Joshua 4-6, Psalm 66, Luke 24

5 – Joshua 7-9, Psalm 67, John 1

6 – Joshua 10-12, Psalm 68, John 2

7 – Joshua 13-15, Psalm 69, John 3

8 – Joshua 16-18, Psalm 70, John 4

9 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

10 – Joshua 19-21, Psalm 71, John 5

11 – Joshua 22-24, Psalm 72, John 6

12 – Judges 1-3, Psalm 73, John 7

13 – Judges 4-6, Psalm 74, John 8

14 – Judges 7-9, Psalm 75, John 9

15 – Judges 10-12, Psalm 76, John 10

16 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

17 – Judges 13-15, Psalm 77, John 11

18 – Judges 16-18, Psalm 78:1-39, John 12

19 – Judges 19-21, Psalm 78:40-72, John 13

20 – Ruth 1-4, Psalm 79, John 14

21 – I Samuel 1-3, Psalm 80, John 15

22 – I Samuel 4-6, Psalm 81, John 16

23 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

24 – I Samuel 7-9, Psalm 82, John 17

25 – I Samuel 10-12, Psalm 83, John 18

26 – I Samuel 13-15, Psalm 84, John 19

27 – I Samuel 16-18, Psalm 85, John 20

28 – I Samuel 19-21, Psalm 86, John 21

29– I Samuel 22-24, Psalm 87, Acts 1

30 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

31 – I Samuel 25-27, Psalm 88, Acts 2

 

January 2013

1 – 1  Samuel 28-30, Psalm 89:1-18, Acts 3

2 – I Samuel 31, Psalm 89:19-52, Acts 4

3 – II Samuel 1-3, Psalm 90, Acts 5

4 – II Samuel 4-6, Psalm 91, Acts 6

5 – II Samuel 7-9, Psalm 92, Acts 7

6 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

7 – II Samuel 10-12, Psalm 93, Acts 8

8 – II Samuel 13-15, Psalm 94, Acts 9

9 – II Samuel 16-18, Psalm 95, Acts 10

10 – II Samuel 19-21, Psalm 96, Acts 11

11 – II Samuel 22-24, Psalm 97, Acts 12

12 – I Kings 1-3, Psalm 98, Acts 13

13 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

14 – I Kings 4-6, Psalm 99, Acts 14

15 – I Kings 7-9, Psalm 100, Acts 15

16 – I Kings 10-12, Psalm 101, Acts 16

17 – I Kings 13-15, Psalm 102, Acts 17

18 – I Kings 16-18, Psalm 103, Acts 18

19 – I Kings 19-21, Psalm 104, Acts 19

20 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

21 – I Kings 22, Psalm 105, Acts 20

22 – II Kings 1-3, Psalm 106, Acts 21

23 – II Kings 4-6, Psalm 107, Acts 22

24 – II Kings 7-9, Psalm 108, Acts 23

25 – II Kings 10-12, Psalm 109, Acts 24

26– II Kings 13-15, Psalm 110, Acts 25

27 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

28 – II Kings 16-18, Psalm 111, Acts 26

29 – II Kings 19-21, Psalm 112, Acts 27

30 – II Kings 22-24, Psalm 113, Acts 28

31 – II Kings 25, Psalm 114, Romans 1

 

February

1 – I Chronicles 1-3, Psalm 115, Romans 2

2– I Chronicles 4-6, Psalm 116, Romans 3

3 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

4 – I Chronicles 7-9, Psalm 117, Romans 4

5 – I Chronicles 10-12, Psalm 118, Romans 5

6 – I Chronicles 13-15, Psalm 119:1-32, Romans 6

7– I Chronicles 16-18, Psalm 119:33-72, Romans 7

8 – I Chronicles 19-21, Psalm 119:73-112, Romans 8

9 – I Chronicles 22-24, Psalm 119:113-144, Romans 9

10 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

11 – I Chronicles 25-27, Psalm 119:145-176, Romans 10

12– I Chronicles 28-29, Psalm 120, Romans 11

13 – II Chronicles 1-3, Psalm 121, Romans 12

14 – II Chronicles 4-6, Psalm 122, Romans 13

15 – II Chronicles 7-9, Psalm 123, Romans 14

16 – II Chronicles 10-12, Psalm 124, Romans 15

17 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

18 – II Chronicles 13-15, Psalm 125, Romans 16

19 – II Chronicles 13-16, Psalm 125, Romans 16

20 – II Chronicles 20-22, Psalm 127, I Corinthians 2

21 – II Chronicles 23-25, Psalm 128, I Corinthians 3

22 – II Chronicles 26-28, Psalm 129, I Corinthians 4

23 – II Chronicles 29-31, Psalm 130, I Corinthians 5

24 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

25 – II Chronicles 32-34, Psalm 131, I Corinthians 6

26 – II Chronicles 35-36, Psalm 132, I Corinthians 7

27 – Ezra 1-3, Psalm 133, I Corinthians 8

28 – Ezra 4-6, Psalm 134, I Corinthians 9

 

March

1 – Ezra 7-9, Psalm 135, I Corinthians 10

2 – Ezra 10, Psalm 136, I Corinthians 11

3– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

4– Nehemiah 1-3, Psalm 137, I Corinthians 12

5 – Nehemiah 4-6, Psalm 138, I Corinthians 13

6 – Nehemiah 7-9, Psalm 139, I Corinthians 14

7 – Nehemiah 10-12, Psalm 140, I Corinthians 15

8 – Nehemiah 13, Psalm 141, I Corinthians 16

9 – Esther 1-3, Psalm 142, II Corinthians 1

10– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

11 – Esther 4-6, Psalm 143, II Corinthians 2

12– Esther 7-8, Psalm 144, II Corinthians 3

13 – Esther 9-10, Psalm 145, II Corinthians 4

14 – Job 1-3, Psalm 146, II Corinthians 5

15 – Job 4-6, Psalm 147, II Corinthians 6

16 – Job 7-9, Psalm 148, II Corinthians 7

17– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

18 – Job 10-12, Psalm 149, II Corinthians 8

19 – Job 13-15, Psalm 150, II Corinthians 9

20 – Job 16-18, Psalm 1, II Corinthians 10

21 – Job 19-21, Psalm 2, II Corinthians 11

22 – Job 22-24, Psalm 3, II Corinthians 12

23 – Job 25-27, Psalm 4, II Corinthians 13

24– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

25 – Job 28-30, Psalm 5, Galatians 1

26 – Job 31-33, Psalm 6, Galatians 2

27 – Job 34-36, Psalm 7, Galatians 3

28 – Job 37-39, Psalm 8, Galatians 4

29 – Job 40-42, Psalm 9, Galatians 5

30 – Proverbs 1-3, Psalm 10, Galatians 6

31– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

 

April

1 – Proverbs 4-6, Psalm 11, Ephesians 1

2 – Proverbs 7-9, Psalm 12, Ephesians 2

3 – Proverbs 10-12, Psalm 13, Ephesians 3

4 – Proverbs 13-15, Psalm 14, Ephesians 4

5 – Proverbs 16-19, Psalm 15, Ephesians 5

6 – Proverbs 20-22, Psalm 16, Ephesians 6

7– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

8 – Proverbs 23-25, Psalm 17, Philippians 1

9 – Proverbs 26-28, Psalm 18:1-20, Philippians 2

10 – Proverbs 29-31, Psalm 18:21-50, Philippians 3

11 – Ecclesiastes 1-3, Psalm 19, Philippians 4

12 – Ecclesiastes 4-6, Psalm 20, Colossians 1

13 – Ecclesiastes 7-9, Psalm 21, Colossians 2

14 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

15 – Ecclesiastes 10-12, Psalm 22, Colossians 3

16 – Song of Songs 1-3, Psalm 23, Colossians 4

17 – Song of Songs 4-6, Psalm 24, I Thessalonians 1

18 – Song of Songs 7-8, Psalm 25, I Thessalonians 2

19 – Isaiah 1-3, Psalm 26, I Thessalonians 3

20 – Isaiah 4-6, Psalm 27, I Thessalonians 4

21– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

22 – Isaiah 7-9, Psalm 28, I Thessalonians 5

23– Isaiah 10-12, Psalm 29, II Thessalonians 1

24 – Isaiah 13-15, Psalm 30, II Thessalonians 2

25 – Isaiah 16-18, Psalm 31, II Thessalonians 3

26 – Isaiah 19-21, Psalm 32, I Timothy 1

27 – Isaiah 22-24, Psalm 33, I Timothy 2

28– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

29 – Isaiah 25-27, Psalm 34, I Timothy 3

30 – Isaiah 28-30, Psalm 35, I Timothy 4

 

May

1 – Isaiah 31-33, Psalm 36, I Timothy 5

2 – Isaiah 34-36, Psalm 37:1-18, I Timothy 6

3 – Isaiah 37-39, Psalm 37:19-42, II Timothy 1

4 – Isaiah 40-42, Psalm 38, II Timothy 2

5– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

6 – Isaiah 43-45, Psalm 39, II Timothy 3

7 – Isaiah 46-48, Psalm 40, II Timothy 4

8 – Isaiah 49-51, Psalm 41, Titus 1

9– Isaiah 52-54, Psalm 42, Titus 2

10– Isaiah 55-57, Psalm 43, Titus 3

11 – Isaiah 58-60, Psalm 44, Philemon

12– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

13 – Isaiah 61-63, Psalm 45, Hebrews 1

14 – Isaiah 64-66, Psalm 46, Hebrews 2

15 – Jeremiah 1-3, Psalm 47, Hebrews 3

16 – Jeremiah 4-6, Psalm 48, Hebrews 4

17 – Jeremiah 7-9, Psalm 49, Hebrews 5

18 – Jeremiah 10-12, Psalm 50, Hebrews 6

19– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

20 – Jeremiah 13-15, Psalm 51, Hebrews 7

21 – Jeremiah 16-18, Psalm 52, Hebrews 8

22 – Jeremiah 19-21, Psalm 53, Hebrews 9

23 – Jeremiah 22-24, Psalm 54, Hebrews 10

24 – Jeremiah 25-27, Psalm 55, Hebrews 11

25 – Jeremiah 28-30, Psalm 56, Hebrews 12

26– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

27– Jeremiah 31-33, Psalm 57, Hebrews 13

28 – Jeremiah 34-35, Psalm 58, James 1

29 – Jeremiah 36-38, Psalm 59, James 2

30 – Jeremiah 39-41, Psalm 60, James 3

31 – Jeremiah 42-43, Psalm 61, James 4

 

June

1 – Jeremiah 44-45, Psalm 62, James 5

2 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

3 – Jeremiah 46-47, Psalm 63, I Peter 1

4 – Jeremiah 48-49, Psalm 64, I Peter 2

5 – Jeremiah 50-51, Psalm 65, I Peter 3

6 – Jeremiah 52, Psalm 66, I Peter 4

7 – Lamentations 1-2, Psalm 67, I Peter 5

8 – Lamentations 3-4, Psalm 68, II Peter 1

9– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

10 – Lamentations 5, Psalm 69, II Peter 2

11 – Ezekiel 1-2, Psalm 70, II Peter 3

12 – Ezekiel 3-4, Psalm 71, I John 1

13 – Ezekiel 5-6, Psalm 72, I John 2

14 – Ezekiel 7-8, Psalm 73, I John 3

15 – Ezekiel 9-10, Psalm 74, I John 4

16– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

17 – Ezekiel 11-12, Psalm 75, I John 5

18 – Ezekiel 13-14, Psalm 76, II John

19 – Ezekiel 15-16, Psalm 77, III John

20 – Ezekiel 17-18, Psalm 78:1-39, Jude

21 – Ezekiel 19-20, Psalm 78:40-72, Revelation 1

22 – Ezekiel 21-22, Psalm 79, Revelation 2

23– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

24 – Ezekiel 23-24, Psalm 80, Revelation 3

25 – Ezekiel 25-26, Psalm 81, Revelation 4

26 – Ezekiel 27-28, Psalm 82, Revelation 5

27 – Ezekiel 29-30, Psalm 83, Revelation 6

28 – Ezekiel 31-32, Psalm 84, Revelation 7

29 – Ezekiel 33-34, Psalm 85, Revelation 8

30 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

 

July

1 – Ezekiel 35-36, Psalm 86, Revelation 9

2 – Ezekiel 37-38, Psalm 87, Revelation 10

3 – Ezekiel 39-40, Psalm 88, Revelation 11

4 – Ezekiel 41-42, Psalm 89:1-18, Revelation 12

5 – Ezekiel 43-44, Psalm 89:19-52, Revelation 13

6 – Ezekiel 45-46, Psalm 90, Revelation 14

7– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

8 – Ezekiel 47-48, Psalm 91, Revelation 15

9 – Daniel 1-2, Psalm 92, Revelation 16

10 – Daniel 3-4, Psalm 93, Revelation 17

11 – Daniel 5-6, Psalm 94, Revelation 18

12 – Daniel 7-8, Psalm 95, Revelation 19

13 – Daniel 9-10, Psalm 96, Revelation 20

14– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

15 – Daniel 11-12, Psalm 97, Revelation 21

16 – Hosea 1-2, Psalm 98, Revelation 22

17 – Hosea 3-4, Psalm 99, Matthew 1

18 – Hosea 5-6, Psalm 100, Matthew 2

19 – Hosea 7-8, Psalm 101, Matthew 3

20 – Hosea 9-10, Psalm 102, Matthew 4

21– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

22 – Hosea 11-12, Psalm 103, Matthew 5

23 – Hosea 13-14, Psalm 104, Matthew 6

24 – Joel 1-2, Psalm 105, Matthew 7

25 – Joel 3, Psalm 106, Matthew 8

26 – Amos 1, Psalm 107, Matthew 9

27 – Amos 2, Psalm 108, Matthew 10

28– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

29 – Amos 3, Psalm 109, Matthew 11

30 – Amos 4, Psalm 110, Matthew 12

31 – Amos 5, Psalm 111, Matthew 13

 

August

1 – Amos 6, Psalm 112, Matthew 14

2 – Amos 7, Psalm 113, Matthew 15

3 – Amos 8, Psalm 114, Matthew 16

4– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

5 – Amos 9, Psalm 115, Matthew 17

6 – Obadiah, Psalm 116, Matthew 18

7 – Jonah 1, Psalm 117, Matthew 19

8 – Jonah 2, Psalm 118, Matthew 20

9 – Jonah 3, Psalm 119:1-32, Matthew 21

10 – Jonah 4, Psalm 119:33-72, Matthew 22

11– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

12 – Micah 1, Psalm 119:73-112, Matthew 23

13 – Micah 2, Psalm 119:113-144, Matthew 24

14 – Micah 3, Psalm 119:145-176, Matthew 25

15 – Micah 4, Psalm 120, Matthew 26

16 – Micah 5, Psalm 121, Matthew 27

17 – Micah 6, Psalm 122, Matthew 28

18– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

19 – Micah 7, Psalm 123, Mark 1

20 – Nahum 1, Psalm 124, Mark 2

21 – Nahum 2, Psalm 125, Mark 3

22 – Nahum 3, Psalm 126, Mark 4

23 – Habakkuk 1, Psalm 127, Mark 5

24– Habakkuk 2, Psalm 128, Mark 6

25– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

26 – Habakkuk 3, Psalm 129, Mark 7

27 – Zephaniah 1, Psalm 130, Mark 8

28 – Zephaniah 2, Psalm 131, Mark 9

29 – Zephaniah 3, Psalm 132, Mark 10

30 – Haggai 1-2, Psalm 133, Mark 11

31 – Zechariah 1-2, Psalm 134, Mark 12

 

September

1 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

2 – Zechariah 3-4, Psalm 135, Mark 13

3 – Zechariah 5-6, Psalm 136, Mark 14

4 – Zechariah 7-8, Psalm 137, Mark 15

5– Zechariah 9, Psalm 138, Mark 16

6 – Zechariah 10, Psalm 139, Luke 1

7 – Zechariah 11, Psalm 140, Luke 2

8 – Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

9 – Zechariah 12, Psalm 141, Luke 3

10 – Zechariah 13, Psalm 142, Luke 4

11 – Zechariah 14, Psalm 143, Luke 5

12 – Malachi 1, Psalm 144, Luke 6

13 – Malachi 2, Psalm 145-146, Luke 7

14 – Malachi 3, Psalm 147-148, Luke 8

15– Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church

16 – Malachi 4, Psalm 149-150, Luke 9

 

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Recommended readings

We happily recommend the following books which others have enjoyed:

  1. Celtic Christianity: A Sacred Tradition, a Vision of Hope, by Timothy Joyce, OSB.
    This is a small treatise on Celtic Christianity. A Benedictine monk, Br. Joyce gives an overview of what Celtic Christianity really means, what are its hallmarks, and why he believes Celtic Christianity offers a hope for Christian relating to the world of the future.
  2. Pontius Pilate by Ann Wroe
    I liked this book for its thought-provoking study of this historical figure, much maligned in Christianity and perhaps justly so, but motivated by a zeal to support the government he served. Interestingly written and a balance to what we usually think about this controversial Roman governor.
  3. Wherever You Go, There You Are, by John Kabat-Zinn
    Kabat-Zinn engages the Buddhist practice of Mindfulness (being conscious and awake to the present moment) and writes a series of meditations intended to guide and inform all. While Buddhist in orientation, this book translates easily to Christian meditation and spiritual practice.
  4. The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions, by N.T. Wright and Marcus Borg
    Here is a wonderful debate between the traditional school of Christology and the so-called liberal school. Both forcefully argue their positions: who was Jesus, did Jesus choose to be redeemer of humankind, did Jesus know he was the messiah? If for no other reason, this book commends itself as a visit with two excellent thinkers who help show the breadth of our Christian system of belief.

Happy reading! Hoping that any of the above might interest you and help inform your Christian life.

Other favorite reads to consider:

Favorite books recently read (in no particular order):

God After Darwin by John Haught

A great book on God the Creator who is still creating, and who emptied himself to be servant of God’s own creation

101 Reasons to be Episcopalian, compiled by Louis Crew

Sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious reasons why we love the Episcopal Church

The Banqueter’s Guide to the All-Night Soup Kitchen of the Kingdom of God, by Pat McCormick

Makes the connections between our food, our relationships with those who have no food, and the Kingdom of God

Daring to Speak in God’s Name, by Mary Alice Mulligan and Rufus Burrow Jr.

A call to prophetic ministry by the church, in the tradition of the biblical ethical prophets such as Amos and Micah

Peculiar Treasures by Frederick Buechner

Unusual perspectives on biblical characters, from A to Z

Telling the Truth: Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale by Frederick Buechner

Why the Gospel is such an amazing and profound truth for us

Give Us Grace: An Anthology of Anglican Prayers by Christopher L. Webber

Anglican prayers from the traditional to the contemporary, taken from a wide variety of sources. All beautiful prayers, in typical Anglican fashion. Makes me happy to be Anglican.

White Soul: by Tex Sample

An intriguing book by a professor whose specialization is working class ministry. It raises the question: when is it important for the church to be responsive to and reflective of the culture around it, and when does the church need to be a refuge from common culture? Does country music belong in the church? Is the church a dominant middle class institution that denies the needs and spirituality of the working class?

The Book Club meets regularly in a family rotation.  Check the Calendar or Search our web site (Book Discussion).  This group also recommends the following for your reading enjoyment:

STONES INTO SCHOOLS by Jeff Mortenson.
Amazon’s readers rate it as 5 star.

MAO’S LAST DANCER by Li Cunxin
Amazon.com 5 star

PICKING COTTON by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, Ronald Cotton & Erin Torneo
Amazon.com 5 star

BREAKING NIGHT by Liz Murray
Amazon.com 5 star

WHAT DIFFERENCE DO IT MAKE by Ron Hall and Denver Moore (authors of “Same Kind of  Different As Me”
Amazon.com 4 star

THE WATER IS WIDE by Pat Conroy
Amazon.com 4 star

EXTRAORDINARY, ORDINARY PEOPLE by Condolleezza Rice – Growing up in segregated Alabama
Amazon.com 5 star

THE ZERO by Jess Walter
Amazon.com 3.5 star

40 Days: Encountering Jesus Between the Resurrection And Ascension – by Alton Gansky
Amazon.com 4.5 star