I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect when I picked up Trillia Newbell’s book from Moody Publishers entitled: “52 Weeks In The Word: A Companion For Reading Through The Bible In A Year”.  So, how does this idea work exactly?  Well it’s kind of a neat combination of Bible-reading plan, journal, and study guide, making this a really unique volume that can work for students of God’s word in so many ways.  It provides structure while still allowing for the personal application and interpretation that pushes us to dive in and really study and think about the Scripture we are reading – for ourselves.  Guiding us, through study questions and insightful snippets of relevant information, the author encourages us to find meaning and application from our daily reading and to use not only this book but other study tools as well.  Of course the foundation for our study is, and always should be, the Bible itself – and “52 Weeks In The Word” works as a strong and steady reminder of this fact.  

So in many ways this book is a guide and launching pad that helps start us on our journey of reading through the entire Bible in a single year… but how we navigate and work through each step of the journey, what we take from each reading, is up to us.  Ms. Newbell is there as our guide, of course, and a fellow sojourner on God’s path.  Yet how we fill in the blanks – both literally, the journal sections in the book; and figuratively, the application for our own lives – is up to us.  Are you ready for a journey that will take an entire year but leave you changed in ways you can’t even now imagine?  Then join us as we embark together on “52 Weeks In The Word”!

I received this book courtesy of Moody Publishers in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.