Daily Archives: January 8, 2010

We survived our first week, ladies! Way to go!! I am thrilled to announce we are now up to a full 25 members. (A few others still whisper in the shadows debating whether or not they’ll join.) This is way bigger than I expected it to be. Very cool.

Now if you’ve joined this week, please make sure you’re listed in the Ground Rules post. Also, take a moment to follow our group on twitter or join the facebook group. (I still haven’t totally figured out the facebook thing, but it’s started and I’m working on it. Anyone want to take the reigns on that?)

A few items of business first. The links I original used for the reading schedule have been moved or … I don’t know exactly, but they no longer work. If you still need to print the schedule, go HERE instead. While we’ve unoffically called this “the Piper schedule”, it was actually created Discipleship Journal (published through NavPress).

Also, if you’re looking for ways to be more mobile with your reading, check out these sites.

• Mbible.com: Rick really likes this site for his iPhone. It’s great for just reading through. There’s not much searching; rather you just pick a book and chapter and go, but it doesn’t have any of the adds, framing and other junk that can hog tiny screens.
• Mobile Bible Gateway: I use Bible Gateway all the time, but always from my laptop. However, they also have a mobile version. You get all the same search features, study aids and more, just without the annoying ads and frames.
• Olive Tree: This site offers bible software for your phones. It’s actually the parent site of MBible.com and can provide all sorts of resources for your iPhones, blackberries, Droids, even Nokias and Samsungs. Their products include reading Bibles, but also study Bibles, Greek and Hebrew tools, devotionals, commentaries and ebooks.

So, howya-doin? (I think that’s what we’ve decided to call this — you know, instead of the ever-intimidating “weigh-in.”)

I admit I’ve struggled this week. The kids started school, Rick went back to work and I’ve had difficulty finding my groove again. I’ve also struggled with the program itself. Some books (Psalms and Matthew) I start reading and then forget to stop. I’m way ahead on those! Then, when I go to the others, I’m way behind and not quite sure what’s going on. We are, after all, reading about Jesus choosing His disciples the same week as they replace Judas after Jesus’ ascension. It’s not exactly chronological.

It’s been a great week, though. I’ve had some great discussions with my husband about the texts we read. I’ve been intrigued by a few little details and unanswered questions. I posted about Psalm 1 the other day, and may post about some of these questions next week. I want to hash them through a little more before attempting to regurgitate any of the ramblings in my mind.

So, how about you? Comment or link up to let us know!