{"id":16037,"date":"2013-07-03T05:30:48","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T09:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?p=16037"},"modified":"2013-07-02T21:12:22","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T01:12:22","slug":"bible-reading-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2013\/07\/bible-reading-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible reading marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Lectio continua<\/a> is the ancient practice of reading the Bible from beginning to end.\u00a0 Quite a few people do that on their own, but sometimes it has been read aloud.\u00a0 The 17th century Protestant community Little Gidding<\/a> was built around Bible reading, and a Psalm would be read out loud every hour of every day and every night.<\/p>\n

As they did last year<\/a>, the youth group at Blue Ridge Bible Church in Purcellville, VA, led by frequent reader and commenter Rich Shipe, has started a marathon Bible reading exercise, which will run through the 4th of July.\u00a0 They will be on Main Street.\u00a0 Can\u2019t miss them.\u00a0 Rich says that if you are in the neighborhood, drop by and do some reading.<\/p>\n

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See iatethem.com | Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart -Jer. 15:16<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And for more details on the project, like how long it takes to read the Bible from cover to cover (70 hours and 34 minutes), and some further thoughts from me, see what I wrote last year.<\/a><\/p>\n

And here is a time-lapse video of last year\u2019s event:<\/p>\n