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Worship Director Tweets the Psalms
23 November 2011
Bible Summariser Chris Juby, who made the news last year when he began 'tweeting' the Bible, is about to reach the book of Psalms.
Starting in August 2010, Juby, who is Director of Worship at King's Church Durham, has been condensing a chapter of the Bible into 140 characters each day. He posts his summaries to the social networking website Twitter, and the '@biblesummary' account has gained over 20,000 followers.
The book of Psalms contains the songs of ancient Israel. At 150 chapters it is the longest book in the Bible, and it marks the halfway point of the three-and-a-half year project.
Juby said, "Tweeting through the Psalms is quite an undertaking in itself! It's going to take five months. But I love the passion and honesty of the Psalms. You learn how to engage with God through pretty much every human experience. I would encourage anyone who's interested to read along with me."
Psalm 1 is due on Tuesday, November 29th. You can follow the Bible Summary project at www.twitter.com/biblesummary or visit the archive at www.biblesummary.info.
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