Dear listeners,
Happy New Year! I realize the calendar has turned over to 2012 and Saul has sort of…stopped. I wanted to drop you a note and let you know what is happening. Some of you have sent me emails or filled out the contact form, and it has been really encouraging to hear how much the podcast has meant to all of you.
The history of the podcast is this: in 2010, I went through the whole Bible, day by day, verse by verse. The amount of work behind that was…vast. During 2011, I simply rebroadcast the series from 2010. It had always been my intent to do something new in 2012 – possibly use the same readings but record new commentaries, or possibly change the format from reading/commentary to reading/contemplation or reading/prayer. Needless to say, none of those things actually happened. 2011 went by faster than I expected, and…here we are.
My plans are definitely to keep the site up. You don’t need to worry about the archived content going away. It’s there, and will remain. In the short term, I am going to post the whole series in a convenient format for downloading – maybe 12 zip files, one for each month, so that someone can grab the whole year easily.
I have also apportioned the whole Bible into written form and typeset it. It is in the NET translation, and would be a good companion to the podcast. I need to go ahead and publish that and make it available – I did all the hard work like a year and a half ago, and it has just…sat. Stay tuned for that – a nice way to read the whole thing.
For the future – I don’t really know. If you have any ideas or suggestions – let me know! I would love to re-engage again, but I could use some fresh ideas and perspectives. The whole thing so far has been my creation – the podcasts, the apportionment, the commentary, the theme music, the website, the advertising (such as it is). The issue is, as with all of us, is my life is a busy thing – I have a wife and one small child (with another on the way!), own my own business, play in a rock band, and so on. Fitting in Saul is a difficult thing. So, as I said, if you have any ideas – for marketing, restarting, changing format, or whatever – I would love to hear them! Feel free to fill out the contact form, comment on this post, or email to saul@saulreadsthebible.com.
Thank you so much for reading the Bible with me.
-Saul
