The votes were close, but after email discussions with the regular blog participants, I have decided to go with the Chronological OT/NT plan.
The Horner plan is very interesting to me, but I believe it suits a personal Bible reading schedule better than a group study plan.
The purpose of this blog is to dig deeper into the Bible, to study it together and a reading-heavy plan is not very conducive to that. The purpose of the Horner plan is to simply read it, with no studying, no reflecting - it's designed to develop Bible knowledge through contextualizing by reading a lot of Scripture at a time.
The Horner plan could also make it harder for those wanting to make a new commitment to read through the Bible in a year. That is a big commitment, and reading more than that could simply be too overwhelming.
If there are any new people considering joining us, we'd love to have you! I've had a couple people commit to reading the Bible with us, reading the postings and then commenting. This is a great compromise and great starting point for those who are considering it, but don't want to overcommit or get overwhelmed with too much. Commenting on the postings will keep you feeling involved so that should you ever decide you'd like to jump in and start posting regularly or semi-regularly (or even as a guest poster to cover people during holidays or whatnot), you'll already feel involved with our "group" and feel comfortable doing so. It will also help keep you accountable, especially if this is your first time reading the entire Bible in a year.
Basically there is no commitment that's too small! Anything you commit to doing is better than nothing. And if you skip a day or two, it's ok, just move on. If you have time to go back and re-read those passages at a later date you can, and if not that's ok. Oftentimes the perfectionist in us rises up and says "If you can't do it perfectly, don't do it at all" - and that is soooooo wrong for pretty much anything, but especially reading and studying your Bible. Any time spent reading and studying the Word is better than no time. There is no room for "perfect" or "good enough" here.
So, please, join us! I guarantee you'll be glad you did!
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