At the start of 2013, I decided to try and read through the entirety of the Christian Bible. At the very beginning of 2014, I finished it. These posts track my progress.
I tweeted about this project throughout the second half, so I collected my tweets (usually irreverent and goofy, because, let's face it, I use Twitter for jokes) at Storify for people to browse all at once.
I read the final 300 pages in two days. I talk about it, focusing mainly on the Bible's final 200 pages or so, which are composed of letters sent within the early Christian church.
I really enjoyed these books, which were not part of my Bible growing up, but which are found in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles.
This post is about my favorite Biblical book, 1 and 2 Samuel, which tells the story of King David and is among the most beautiful, and novelistic, extended pieces of prose in the Bible.
Over on In Progress, a new blog I'm doing with some friends, I wrote a piece about some of the weirder books in the HB, and issued a challenge to my fellow Christians to address the messiness of our scripture more honestly.
Summing up what I thought of the first, biggest portion of my Bible.
Coming back to the project, I explain a little more in depth my reasons for the hiatus and talk briefly about the nature and difficulties of Biblical poetry.
Announcements
Putting the project on hiatus and briefly explaining why.
An update on the project after finishing the first five books (Pentateuch/Torah).
A brief outline of the terms of the project as well as a description of my reasons for undertaking it.
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