Online bible reading resources

A searchable online bible, possibly suitable for linking into the InaYear project
http://www.biblegateway.com/

Another bible-in-a-year site. looks like there's a couple plans available here. might be worth a look at. One of which is chronological (so presumably quite out of order by page number, and possibly an interesting read). doesn't look like an actual app though
http://www.oneyearbibleonline.com/

from the earlier post, this has a multiple track reading plan. when i glanced at it it had me reading from John, Malachi and Proverbs (or Psalms, I forget) at the same time. It's another plan to consider working with.
http://bible.crosswalk.com/BibleInAYear/

here's an interesting reading plan that bounces around daily, but not within a single day. probably want to add this one too
http://www.bible-reading.com/bible-plan.html

here's an app that looks like it emails the readings each day. competition! :) several reading plans, including partial readings (OT, Psalms, etc)
http://www.bibleplan.org/

lots of plans of varying lengths and commitments
http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Product/Bible/Plans

aah, looks like more competition. emails and such. deserving of a deeper look
http://www.biblereadingplan.com/

'choosing a reading plan', from about.com of all places. links to what purports to be the 'top 5 unique plans'
http://christianity.about.com/od/biblereadingplans/Bible_Reading_Plans.htm
here's the 'top 5' link
http://christianity.about.com/od/biblereadingplans/tp/topbiblereadpla.htm

Read a bible

project concept and initial spec:
read your bible in a year website.
process-
create an account
begin a reading
set beginning point and reading plan (initially just the one i've been using will be available)
define reminder schedule and channels
define optional accountability agent.
possibly define threshold for accountability, code for this but maybe not expose it to user

track readings in account center. email reminders to include 'read it' links to mark off each passage read.
allow reading of arbitrary number of passages, but only sequentially.
allow to 'reset' the reading, adjusting the proposed end date based on current amount read.
accountability data - flag to store whether agent contacted. reset flag when a reading is checked.
when reading plan is completed, total up days taken to read.
also note the translation used.

store all readings for historical amusement. track number of times accountability agent was contacted.

future improvements to possibly include text of passages to read.
data requirements- Bible 'map'. Books, chapters per book, verses per chapter. verse probably uneccessary but it can't hurt.

track readings using a bit vector for storgage efficiency. might be processor inefficient, will have to see.

for future enhancements, prayer request subsystem.


note: I'd better review this: http://bible.crosswalk.com/BibleInAYear/ before I spend much time on this one. I figured it'd been done before, but i'm not entirely sure what this one is doing. if nothing else i can aim to improve on what it's doing by building community infrastucture around it.

Separation of [church|religion] and [state|politics]

Separation of church and state differs from separation of religion and politics in that the former is the structured representation or institution of the latter.

What that means in particular is a little vague. I insist on the former, but the latter is awfully fuzzy and ambiguous.

WoW!

Blizzard are Satan.

Okay, that's an exaggeration. But they really ought not destroy lives so thoroughly. World of Warcraft deserves its acronym, and is every bit as enthralling as its reputation. And I'm never touching it again. I think the only reason it's been relatively easy for me to drop and delete the game from my computers is because I only got the trial, and I don't have the money to pay for it.

And the pirate servers seem to be generally broken and much less compelling once you've tasted the proper, working version.

Couple random thoughts

Age is often reckoned as wisdom. I take issue with that. I would say, age can give you experience (though it's hardly guaranteed and depends in large part on how you use your time, which I'll leave out of this potpourri post). Experience isn't wisdom in itself. It becomes wisdom when you hold your experiences up to Jesus and se what He has to say on the matter. The Word is wisdom, all else is merely experience.

God gives and takes away, amen. He took something from me a while back and I can give him nothing but praise for it. He took away the pleasure of a particular sin. I asked him to help, and he moved in great (and unexpected!) ways. Praise god for my deliverance from sin.


Also, I don't know what to tag this with, other than philosophy. So that'll have to do.

Sponsoring Compassion

Yesterday (technically the day before yesterday now, but let's not quibble) I sponsored a child in Bolivia. One of six children in her family, living with her mother and father in poverty. I can only pray that I live up to the hope she needs.

Oh, since someone might be reading this (I flatter myself more than is healthy), visit www.compassion.com