We discussed the nuts-and-bolts of the project via e-mail correspondence earlier...and this blog site has been set up to capture the Bible references you're using in your writing. As you prepare to create entries, please e-mail the references you'd like to use to Paul Muckley at pmuckley@barbourpublishing.com. I'll post those references on this blog site and ask that you avoid reusing any references already spoken for. Those references follow this brief reminder of the reading lengths and approach:
a) Each reading is to include 1) a 2–6 word title; 2) a Bible verse (approximately 10–40 words, with translation noted by its initials); 3) body text (approximately 135–180 words); and 4) a prayer (approximately 10–20 words)
b) Desired word count for each reading is 200, plus-or-minus 25. . .that is, readings may vary from 175 to 225 words, though the closer we come to 200 the better. Entries may not exceed 225 words.
c) Topics should relate to some outdoors theme—Creation in general (including animals, plants, particular places, weather, the sky, etc.), physical activities (hiking, biking, swimming, boating, camping, hunting, trapping, etc.), and the spiritual refreshment/challenge/lessons we can take from each. Regarding the activities mentioned, few readers will be involved in all of them—so devotionals should be written not from the “expert insider’s” viewpoint but from a more descriptive explanatory angle.
d) Entries should not be in the first-person (written from an “I” perspective); we prefer a “we, us, and our” approach to these writings. Some may be story-based, though we prefer to keep this number to less than one-quarter of all readings. The best readings, in our opinion, feature an inclusive perspective that draws readers into the experience of finding God in nature, without giving many (if any) specific details of your own experience as the writer.
Any questions? Please contact Paul Muckley at pmuckley@barbourbooks.com. Thank you!
And now, the references we've committed so far:
OT
Genesis
1:4 kjv
1:11, 20, 24, 26 niv
1:14 niv
1:16 niv
1:24 niv
1:25 niv
1:27 kjv
1:28 kjv
1:31 niv
2:1 niv
2:15 nkjv (2)
5:23-24 litv
6:8 niv
6:21-22 tlb
9:6 nkjv
15:5 esv
21:20 cjb
21:33 rsv
25:27 nkjv
27:3 nkjv
Exodus
3:2 asv
Leviticus
11:7 ncv
19:23 esv
26:12 niv
Numbers
11:4 niv
Deuteronomy
1:21 nasb
2:33 hcsb
11:12 niv
22:6 tb
29:29 kjv
30:11 niv
32:11 tlb
33:13-14 niv
Joshua
1:9 nkjv
14:11 niv
17:12-13 msg
17:18 tb
Judges
3:10-11 esv
14:8 amp
Ruth
1:16 niv
1 Samuel
2:2 nkjv
23:14 rsv
24:1 kjv
2 Samuel
9:13 nasb
22:17 nlt
23:18 asv
1 Kings
4:22-23 niv
4:25 rsv
4:34 niv
19:11-13 net (2)
2 Kings
4:40 nkjv
6:2 kjv
6:31 asv
1 Chronicles
12:32 niv
2 Chronicles
9:6 darby
15:15 hcsb
Nehemiah
2:18 asv
4:6 nasb
8:10 niv
9:6 niv
Job
1:9-10 nkjv
6:15, 17 niv
8:11-13 rsv
9:8-9 niv
12:7 niv
14:11-12 niv
29:21, 23 niv
30:29 nkjv
31:1 asv
34:21-22 nasb
37:27-28 niv
38:22-23 niv
38:41 esv
39:9-11 niv
39:13 nkjv
39:26-27 cjb
41:1, 8 niv
Psalm
1:3 gnt
3:1 nkjv
8:3-4 niv (2)
11:1 niv
12:3 tniv
18:32-34 niv
19:1 niv
19:4 niv
20:7 niv
22:5 ncv
23:2-3 niv
23:4 kjv
25:9 cev
29:9 niv
29:11 niv
31:3 kjv
33:13 niv
42:1-2 nkjv
42:5-6 niv
46:1 niv
46:10 niv
50:9-10 niv
50:11 nasb
51:7 nasb
55:13-14 niv
62:2 niv
65:9 niv
66:5 niv
71:20 net
73:24 kjv
73:28 niv
74:16-17 esv
80:14-15 niv
83:13-16 niv
84:3 kjv
89:9 esv
91:4-5 niv
104:1-2 nasb
104:20 nasb
104:24-25 rsv
104:25 niv
111:10 nasb
119:11 niv
119:105 kjv
124:6 nkjv
139:7 niv
139:13-14 niv
144:3 niv
145:10-11 niv
147:4 niv
148:3 niv
148:5, 10 nasb
150:6 niv
Proverbs
1:8-9 niv
2:2, 4-5 niv
4:1 nkjv
4:18 bbe
6:27 nlt
8:23-25 niv
11:25 niv
16:9 amp
16:18 nkjv
17:22 kjv
18:24 nkjv
19:21 niv
22:28 niv
23:5 net
24:11 msg
25:2 nlt
26:2 nkjv
27:12 nasb
28:19 niv
29:23 nlt
30:18-19 esv
30:25 nasb
30:26 nkjv
30:29-31 cjb
Ecclesiastes
2:21-23 niv
3:10-11 niv
7:10 niv
8:15 niv
10:10 niv
12:7 kjv
Song of Solomon
2:11-12 niv
2:15 hcsb
4:8 niv
6:11 niv
Ecclesiastes
3:1 nasb
9:11 net
Isaiah
7:23-24 rsv
11:1 rsv
11:6 esv
11:8-9 tlb
14:8 niv
16:2-3 niv
19:5, 8 rsv
24:5-6 niv
25:4 kjv
30:23 esv
32:19-20 niv
35:1-2 niv
35:8-9 niv
40:8 niv
40:12 nasb
40:22 cjb
40:26 nkjv
40:31 niv
41:10 niv
41:18 niv
43:20 niv
45:18 niv
55:6-7 ncv
55:9 kjv
55:12 niv
55:13 kjv
56:3-5 net
60:22 net
61:11 niv
64:6-7 kjv
Jeremiah
6:16 esv
8:7 rsv
10:11 niv
10:12 niv
16:16 cjb
17:7-8 niv
17:11 niv
27:5 niv
51:34 niv
51:37 tlb
Ezekiel
17:24 nkjv
26:14 nkjv
34:26 niv
47:5 rsv
Hosea
2:15 cev
10:12 niv
Joel
2:23 niv
2:28 niv
Micah
5:7 esv
Habakkuk
3:19 nkjv
Zephaniah
3:17 niv
Zechariah
4:10 kjv
Malachi
3:16 darby
NT
Matthew
3:4 esv
4:18-19 niv
4:19 niv
4:44-45 nkjv
5:10-11 niv
5:16 niv
6:1 niv
6:7 niv
6:11 kjv
6:19 niv
6:26 kjv
6:28-29 niv
7:13-14 niv
8:24 niv
10:14 nasb
10:22 niv
10:29, 31 nasb
10:30 niv
13:3 kjv
13:44 kjv
14:30 gnb
17:27 esv
18:11 nkjv
18:14 niv
22:37-39 nkjv
Mark
4:9 niv
4:38-39 niv
6:37 niv
16:15 niv
Luke
1:23 hcsb
2:7 kjv
2:11 kjv
5:4 nkjv
6:44 nkjv
6:47-49 net
9:23 net
9:33 niv
12:56 niv
15:20 niv
18:17 niv
19:39-40 esv
23:33 esv
23:43 niv
John
1:41-42 niv
3:8 nlt
8:12 niv
10:14 niv
12:24 nkjv
13:15 ncv
14:6 kjv
15:3 nkjv
20:26 niv
21:15 kjv
21:25 kjv
Acts
2:41 kjv
3:6 niv
12:5 niv
14:22 niv
16:6 nkjv
Romans
1:20 niv
9:16 niv
12:2a niv
12:2b nlt
13:7 kjv
13:12 kjv
1 Corinthians
1:5 niv
1:26 nkjv (2)
2:9 niv
3:14 rsv
6:12-13, 15 niv
8:6 niv
10:12 nasb
10:26 niv
11:1 bbe
13:12 niv
13:13 nlt
15:58 niv
Galatians
6:7 niv
6:9 kjv
Ephesians
1:9-10 tniv
2:10 nasb
5:1 niv
5:14 niv
5:19-20 niv
6:11 niv
6:13, 17 net
Philippians
3:13-14 niv
4:13 niv
Colossians
1:11 niv
1:16-17 nasb
3:12 niv
4:11 hcsb
1 Thessalonians
4:11 niv
4:11-12 hcsb
5:16-18 niv
2 Thessalonians
3:6-7 niv
1 Timothy
1:1-2 niv
1:12 niv
3:9 nkjv
4:13, 16 rsv
5:8 rsv
6:6 nkjv
6:9, 11 nasb
6:10 niv
2 Timothy
4:5 kjv
Titus
3:1 niv
Hebrews
4:16 nasb
10:25 niv
11:1 net
11:9 niv
11:27 ylt
12:1-2 niv
12:7 net
13:2 nkjv
James
1:6 esv
1:12 niv
1:27 niv
3:5-6 niv
4:8 niv
5:4 niv
1 Peter
1:24 nlv
3:15 niv
5:6 niv
5:8 nasb
2 Peter
2:9 nkjv
1 John
1:7 kjv
4:10 niv
4:18 kjv
3 John
1:2 niv
Jude
1:9
Revelation
3:11 nkjv
3:14 kjv
20:14-15 net
21:6 kjv
22:1 cev
22:2 nasb
22:17 niv
