Hi there! Welcome to the new and improved Women By Design blog!
The WBD bloggers (Gayline, Brooke, Jenn, and Robin) have spent the last month praying, talking, planning, and yes, even doing a little redecorating. We hope you like it.
To kick things off, we'd like to give you a little preview of what you can expect here at the WBD blog for the month of February. First, we'd like you to notice the reading section in the right hand column. TFC's resident book worm, Bruce Bradford, has developed a WBD reading plan for 2010. Now, before you say "there's no way I could read all those books in 11 months!" let me give you a few stats.
The average person reads 250 words per minute. The average book has about 70,000 words in it. If the average person read for 15 minutes three times a day, that's 11,250 words per day. Multiply that by 7 days, and you've got 78,750. Yep, you read that right: that's one book per week. When I heard this at TFC's first PURSUE meeting this year, I couldn't help myself--I said "wow" out loud.
Granted, some of us would have a difficult time finding even three 15 minute slots per day, so we're going to tone it down a little bit. We're just asking for one 15 minute slot a day. At that rate, we should easily be able to cover one book per month. We're dedicating each Friday to talk about the book of the month, so make sure to tune in and let us know your insights and/or questions. First up: Dug Down Deep by Joshua Harris. You can purchase a copy at TFC's bookstore or online at Amazon. If you'd like to get at the TFC bookstore, you'll need to email Bruce by Tuesday morning. He'll have it for you on Sunday. We'll start reading on Monday, Feb 8 to give everyone a chance to grab the book.
Second, we're excited about some regular series we'll be doing. Most Mondays, Gayline will be taking us through the various exhortations in Titus 2:3-5. We'll also be offering our thoughts on the RMMR meditation passage at the end of each month. And you'll want to be sure to check in on Saturdays for our "on the lighter side" posts.
We hope you'll join us for the journey and share your thoughts along the way. Let's get started!
Monday, February 01, 2010
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7 comments:
I just saw that book in a catalog the other day and thought it looked interesting and considered buying it...then I saw Jen purchasing it yesterday at church. So I am in for the reading....sounds good..a cyber book club
I love this idea and count me in. I'll email Bruce now and get the book this weekend. Thanks for doing this ladies!!
This is great! count me in.
Hey girls,
I like it... Your ideas that is.
God can use this blog for our encouragement and growth. Way to go ladies!!!
I will try the book as well.
Thanks for coming back and doing such a wonderful job. Maybe a recipe or two is good too. I did try one on the "Girl Talk" blog and it was a hit...
See you soon.
love the new look
you ladies have been doing a great job and now it sounds even better
thank you
and i too will get the book and join in
may GOD richly bless you work for others
in HIM - cealy
Love the redesign of the website! Beautiful! Count me in on the reading, too.
As I home sick today, this is the first chance I've had to really sit at the computer with some available mind space of read the new blog. I'd forgotten all about it until I got the reminder today (Thursday) in my email.
Loving the idea Brooke. You and I had the same reaction to the reading breakdown that Sunday evening. I love, love, love to read and have felt like I had no time. But when it's all broken down woohoo! I can do this! Count me in. I am so psyched and looking forward to how God is going to work in all of this throughout the year! Yes LORD Yes!!
Stephanie P.
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