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27 January 2012 link

Two interesting Twitter accounts that I've come across in the last couple of weeks:

@Bible_Haiku - like Bible Summary but in haiku form! Currently on Genesis 39.

@tweetechism - tweeting through the Heidelberg Catechism.

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@TweetTheBible86 and Mashable

2 December 2011 link

Bible Summary has been mentioned on Mashable again, in a post about a new project to tweet the whole Bible, a verse a day.

Yes, the folks at @TweetTheBible86 are making my 3.5 years look easy. Their project will take 86!

Of course, they do have the advantage of just pasting the verses as they are (rather than writing an original summary each day), but it's still an ambitious undertaking!

If you like the idea of @TweetTheBible86 but would prefer a quicker pace, you can follow @BibleBird, who are in the middle of tweeting a verse every 20 minutes.

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Word Bible Designs

9 November 2011 link

I've only just stumbled upon the Word project - right as it's finishing!

Graphic designer Jim LePage was looking for a way to discipline his Bible reading (sounds familiar!) and hit upon the idea of producing an original design for each book of the Bible - one a week for 66 weeks. He's only got Revelation left to go!

It's great work, and well worth a look.

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eBible

27 September 2011 link

The keener-eyed among you may have noticed that I've changed my 'full chapter' links to point to eBible.com.

I've been looking for a Bible site with fewer adverts for a while now, so that's the main reason for the change. But it looks like the eBible team have interesting plans for the future as well. I'd recommend checking them out!

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New Year #ff

1 January 2011 link

Some Twitter accounts worth following for the New Year:

@twitturgies
Gerard Kelly posts beautiful tweet-length devotional prayers.

@biblefresh
BibleFresh is an intitiative in 2011 to get people engaged with Scripture.

@140bible
Three guys who are a few months ahead of me summarising the Bible.

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Natwivity

18 November 2010 link

The guys at @natwivity are gearing up for their Twitter re-enactment of the Christmas story.

They've started - appropriately enough - with a call from "Emperor Augustwus" to respond to the census at www.natwivity.com.

The show starts Dec 1.

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Interview with BIGBible

20 October 2010 link

BIGBible have just published a video interview that I did with with Pete Phillips last week.

It was great to have a bit longer to explain the project and reflect on how it's going.

The BIGBible Project itself is well worth checking out, so do follow the link above and explore!

PS. Many thanks to Pete for sparing my blushes by editing out a mis-attributed reference (I confused my Victorian literary classics).

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Halfway through Genesis

1 September 2010 link

25 chapters in... halfway through Genesis... three-and-a-half weeks into the three-and-a-half years!

A few notes and reflections...

I'm really enjoying writing the summaries each morning (good job, hey!) November 2013 seems a long way away, but each day I’m very motivated by what I'm going to write tomorrow.

It’s been great interacting with all kinds of people via Twitter and the website. It's really encouraging to hear what people make of the project. Do feel free to add your comments to the posts and chapter summaries!

UCB are broadcasting recordings of a week's worth of summaries five times a day every day. I don't think they play at set times but the recordings are great so it's worth listening out for them.

And I've just noticed that Soul Survivor are starting a 'Bible in One Year' programme today. It's very exciting to see such a major initiative engaging with the Bible. (Although I have to admit I'm a little jealous that they'll be finished so soon!)

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Twible (and other interesting projects)

20 August 2010 link

When I had the idea for Bible Summary I looked around and was amazed that no one seemed to have thought of it before! I discovered a few days ago that someone had thought of it before.

Jana Riess summarises a chapter a day in a much sassier style on her Twitter account as the Twible. She's just finishing 1 Kings.

I got in touch with Jana to express my slight embarrassment. She was very gracious and has even posted an article recommending Bible Summary (and a couple of other interesting projects) at her Beliefnet.com blog 'Flunking Sainthood'.

Many thanks to Jana, and I warmly recommend a visit to Twible!

P.S. On the subject of related projects... I've been wanting to point your attention to @summatheologiae, who is summarising Thomas Aquinas' 'Summa Theologica' on Twitter, proposition by proposition - a truly extreme undertaking!

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