andrew dodson

A month or two ago, I posted about a new Bible reading plan that I had started.  I really, really loved the plan.  But, ultimately, I started to miss a day here and there.  Then, a couple of days.  Next thing you know, I’d only read through the plan two or three times in a week.  The plan took around 30-45 minutes each day to read, and unfortunately, I wasn’t dedicating that much time to Bible reading in my day.

I had started my new job in Louisville, so I was leaving earlier and getting home later at night.  On top of this, I was juggling several other things and – once again – I wasn’t dedicating the time in my day to read.  Excuses, excuses, I know.

I started thinking about alternatives.  I have raved about the accessibility of the ESV in the past – it’s available online, through email, iTunes, RSS feeds, or you can print the reading plans and read in your own Bible.  Their reading plans are listed on this page.  I chose the “Every Day in the Word” plan – an Old Testament reading, New Testament reading, a Psalm, and a couple of verses of Proverbs.

Now, I have no excuse to not get some sort of Bible reading in throughout the day.  I have subscribed to the podcast, so each day, I transfer that day’s audio to my iPod and listen on the way home from work (sometimes I listen to it twice).  I also have the plan emailed to me, and finally, I have a printed copy in my Bible.  These plans take less than fifteen minutes each day, and I’m finiding it much easier to keep up.