Last week, after finishing the 52nd episode in fourteen months, I got a lot of emails and messages asking what was next for Bible Fiber. Before I answer that question, and I will, I want to thank all of you for joining me in this Bible reading challenge. I was talking to a friend from church who is also a listener and she said it was like being in a Bible study with me, but one where I got to do all the talking. I am keenly aware that I was hogging the mic in this virtual Bible study and I apologize for that part. But I loved all the feedback and messages from listeners about what God was showing them in the prophets.
When I first started the podcast I explained that I wanted to commit my organization to teaching the lesser-known parts of the Hebrew scriptures and working through them as a community. But I never actually explained the more personal reason I ventured into the world of podcasting the biblical prophets.
Like many of you, my life always involves spinning several plates at once. I am married to an active-duty Air Force man and we move states almost every two years. In fact, I have lived in two states while doing the Bible Fiber series. I have four children and therefore I am the executive assistant to four potential faith leaders, burgeoning scholars, and ambitious athletes. I am president of The Jerusalem Connection. And I am a graduate student studying biblical history and archaeology at the slow rate of one class a semester.
With those spinning plates in mind, it is hard to explain why I chose the year of my husband’s yearlong deployment to the Middle East to launch a project that required me to read, write, and produce via podcast a commentary essay each week on the Minor Prophets. He deployed in June 2021 and the podcast started in August 2021.
