| The new year has arrived with challenges in hand. Some are inherent, like weathering an ongoing pandemic winter and navigating a polarized inauguration season. Others we spring upon ourselves through our traditions of making resolutions or setting goals. Once we’ve cleaned up the wrapping paper and packed away the stockings, the lists appear. As we set our intentions, many of us wonder how we might be more faithful to read Scripture in 2021. “Read the Bible in a year!” groups pop up on Facebook. Instagram abounds with ideas for sticking with a Scripture reading plan. For some of us, this feels invigorating and exciting. For others, we may think back on years when we’ve only made it through Exodus by Christmastime. We feel as though we’ve failed before getting started. In “10 Fresh Ways to Read Your Bible in 2021,” Traci Roades offers suggestions for both shaking up our approaches and choosing habits that last. Spend an hour in the car every day? Try an audio Bible. Love to curl up with a novel and read it cover to cover? Do that with an epistle. Whatever your approach to savoring the Scriptures this year, remember that your identity lies not in your habits but in the grace of Jesus Christ. And in that loving, safe place, may you find the joy of remembering that the Word of God will never return void. | 