During the Sunday morning service at St Paul's, I asked Jane McBride and Miriam Isaacs the following questions:
1) Why did you decide to do the 90 days and did you think you would be able to see it through?
2) Did you have any sticky patches where you didn't think you were going to be able to complete it, and what helped you keep going?
3) What did you see during the 90 days that was new, surprising, in a different light, challenging,encouraging and/or faith building/enhancing?
4) Would you recommend the 90 days to other people, and if so, what advice would you give them?
1. I would not have started if I did not intend to go to the very end, personality type I'm afraid.
2. A lot of the Old Testament was very hard and often it was the thought of getting to the New Testament that kept me going.
3. I had not fully understood the time line before, reading in bits you don't really understand how things tied in together. Reading bits that you suddenly found familiar - Byrds song Time Time Time - I didn't know was from the Bible (I think this is Turn! Turn! Turn, based on the Book of Ecclesiastes - Ed). Reading the Gospels one after the other different perspectives but the same story was just awesome - ugh did I really say that.
4. I would certainly recommend others to do it. It is a big challenge but if you do it over a year you lose perspective. You just have to keep going. I'll do it again, different version, that means an excuse to buy a new Bible. I am looking forward to it.
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