#BigRead12 Daily Challenges

Have you been partaking in the #bigread12 daily challenges, published in daily blog posts, on Twitter, and (usually) on Facebook. We were posting daily, but thought the pre-warning may help some think about the materials. 

21^st February 2012

• What do you hope to get from #bigread12?
• What does #Lent mean for you?

22nd February 2012:

• How do you prepare for a journey? What do you need to take with you? #preparejourney

23rd February 2012:

• Who inspires you? #Inspirer

24th February 2012:

• Jesus says ‘Follow Me’. Who do you follow? Give a #FF for someone who challenges your thinking.

25th February 2012:

• The weekend is a time for rest. Challenge: Turn phone off for an hour & consciously engage with something.

26th February 2012

• This is a day to reflect on our temptations? What tempts you? #Tempter

27th February 2012:

• Where do you find as a good space to reflect? Cosider geotagging yourself there.

28th February 2012:

• Think about your giftings. How do you identify these? #giftings

29th February 2012:

• #BigRead12 What do you think of the #gospels? Do you trust them? Find them remarkable? Find something new whenever you read?

1st March 2012:

• #BigRead12: Plant a seed.  What does it require to grow?  Add photos online. Can we get #bigseed12 going?

2nd March 2012:

• It’s OK to feel fearful. Can we collect enough words to create a Wordle out of words related to abandonment/fear? Use #wordfear in tweets.

3rd March 2012:

• Are you scared of silence? Try being silent: take time out to listen to your deepest thoughts.

4th March 2012:

• There are questions of suffering in today’s Tom Wright’s notes. What good online resources are there about suffering?

5th March 2012:

• We read of the calm in the storm. -What verses encourage you that God is with you (consider linking to online verses)?

6th March 2012:

• What is holding you back? Link to images, verses, etc. that encourage us in our desire to ‘Fly free’.

7th March 2012:

• What is/are your #rulesforlife, e.g. eat healthy, have fun?

8th March 2012:

• When interrupted, do you react with the generosity of spirit that Jesus demonstrates in today’s verses?

9th March 2012:

• #Do1NiceThing (see Paul Blakey’s post:http://bigbible.org.uk/2012/02/do1nicething-love-your-streets/)

10th March 2012:

• What does it look like to #behuman?

11th March 2012:

• How do your #churchexpectations impact your church experience? or
• Create a ‘beauty in creation’ Pinterest board, e.g.http://pinterest.com/drbexl/awesome-world/. If they are your copyright, look to upload to 12Baskets so a wider audience can use them.

12th March 2012:

• Encourage someone who has exceeded your expectations #LoveMonday

13th March 2012:

• How much does a church exterior tell you about the interior? #churchexpectations

14th March 2012:

• Challenge: Connect outside your comfort zone. #challengemythinking

15th March 2012:

• Mad, Bad or the Son of God? Describe Jesus in 120 characters. #Jesus120

16th March 2012:

• What one word would you use to describe #Jesus? #1wordJesus

17th March 2012:

• What images of Jesus would you select? Link us to a Pinterest board, or select from http://12baskets.co.uk/search?search=Jesus&sectionHandle=images.

18th March 2012:

• What are you #thankful for?

19th March 2012:

• What do you think are the causes of spiritual hunger today?

20th March 2012:

• How does the use of (decontexualised) quotes change the meaning (of what was actually said)?

21st March 2012:

• Look at things from a different angle. Start with http://floorsix.blogspot.com/ & try and guess what the objects are.

22nd March 2012:

• “Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant”. What does this look like for us?

23rd March 2012:

• What is our ‘cloak’? What is so precious we won’t give it up? #mycloak

24th March 2012:

• What can we add to the hashtag #ConversationStarters?

25th March 2012

• Take delight in scripture. Whats your #faveverse?

26th March 2012:

• What roadsigns could be used to illustrate our spiritual life? You could look here for UK roadsigns: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/Signsandmarkings/index.htm.

27th March 2012:

• What character do you most identify with in the Bible? #Biblecharacter

28th March 2012:

• What do you want your life to look like? Write your own epitaph, which will highlight what you “have achieved”.

29th March 2012:

• Can you think of examples where cultural differences may change the #Bible message for us?

30th March 2012:

• Pick up a newspaper. Read a story. Pick up a Bible. How do the two inform each other?

31st March 2012:

• Today is a really long read Mark 14.1 – 15.47. Take the time to read it, & contribute your first thoughts.

1st April 2012:

• Culturally, we’re not keen to talk about death. As we prepare for Holy Week, check into http://www.dyingmatters.org/.

2nd April 2012:

• What’s the #bestpresent that you’ve ever received. What value (not £) was the gift to you?

3rd April 2012:

• Can you pick a parable and give it a modern day interpretation? #modernparable

4th April 2012:

• The Servant King: How do you feel watching the treatment that #Jesus underwent?

5th April 2012:

• Think of places you have visited (local/global) and how this has changed your perspective. #travelchanges

6th April 2012:

• How do we know when something is ‘finished’? #itisfinished

7th April 2012:

• Think through what it means to wait for something, and appreciate it again in a new light.

8th April 2012:

• Look out for today’s live crowdsourced online service organised by @vahva #Easter

9th April 2012:

• Think of scars that you may have, and what lessons they may have taught you?

10th April 2012

• It’s a bank holiday. We should take time to stop in a busy world. Time to celebrate the new start that we’ve been offered.

11th April 2012

• How did your #bigseed12 do? Think about the value of small steps in a journey of change.

12th April 2012

• #Nothingisimpossible. What change would you like to see in the world?

13th April 2012

• What does truly giving look like? #trulygiving

14th April 2012

• We may be the only #Bible that some people see. How should that affect the way we live?

15th April 2012

• What did you get from #bigread12?
• What is your post-Easter resolution – what transformation have you felt?

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