Writing in Your Bible II

A couple months back we discussed various methods and styles of writing in one's Bible. This past weekend I was approached by another blogger, Barbie, who recently posted about her method of marking up her Bible. So, I happily provide the link to her website The Mary Mission. Give it a look!

"Your Reading Canon" Results

I am back from a short family vacation, so let's take a look at the results from the "Your Reading Canon" post from last week. A number of these books, not surprisingly, proved to be the most popular:

Old Testament
1) Psalms (the most popular)
2) Genesis
3) Tobit
4a) Exodus
4b) Sirach

New Testament
1) John
2) Romans
3) Luke
4a) Matthew
4b) Mark
5a) Acts
5b) James
6a) Hebrews
6b) 1 Peter

Your Reading Canon

Spurred on by a recent post at the blog New Emmaus, I propose this question to you:
What is your reading canon? Or, in other words, which books of the Bible do you routinely return to more than the others? These would be the ones that you know well and feel most comfortable with: The Biblical canon you read!

Here are mine:

OT: Genesis, Exodus, Ruth, Tobit, Psalms, Isaiah, and Daniel.

NT: Mark, John, Romans, Ephesians, James, 1 Peter, and Revelation

Some Links of Interest

Thought I would share a few links that I found interesting over the past few days. Thanks to reader Tim and ceflynn for alerting me to a few of them:

Speaking of Scripture on Scripture and Divine Judgment

National Review Online on KJV and tradition

A new English language Orthodox Bible? (Esteban where are you for comment?)

Mark Shea and Fr. Z on the Fr John Corapi debacle

New book: How to Go from Being A Good Evangelical to a Committed Catholic in Ninety-Five Difficult Steps by Christian Smith

Tid Bits

Hey folks, I will be off leading (and attending) a couple of retreats in the next week and a half, so blogging may be a little light. Until then, I have listed below a few things that have come to my attention regarding the wonderful world of Catholic Bibles. Have a happy St. Patrick's Day!

1) Word of God Everyday: This is a Catholic site where you can sign up to receive a scripture verse sent to your email everyday. I just signed up a few days ago. They also have a Pope Benedict Everyday site as well.

2) I also want to recommend, as I did a few months ago, a Catholic Men's website that contains numerous Bible study audio, many of them by a former professor of mine Dr. Peter Williamson. There are audio files of his current Bible study on the Book of Revelation, as well as many of Paul's letters. It's definitely worth a listen......and it's all free!

3) I received an email from Saint Mary's Press, known mostly for their Catholic Youth Bible, announcing the upcoming release of the Catholic Family Connections Bible. Due to be published in June, it will come in multiple cover editions.