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<div align=justify>File this under “people with good intentions, a whole lot of commitment and an Internet connection.” A UK worship director has planned to tweet the Christian Bible — or summaries of each chapter, at least — from Genesis to Revelation, one chapter each day.

The project started will end on November 8, 2013. If you like, you can follow the account, @BibleSummary.

In an interview with the Telegraph, the account’s creator, Chris Juby, made the salient point that the Christian Bible holds an important role in Western literature.

“The Bible underpins so much of our culture” he said. “People like Shakespeare and Dickens made casual references to what we would now regard as obscure passages of scripture.”

Juby’s first tweet reads:

Gen1: God created the heavens, the earth and everything that lives. He made humankind in his image, and gave them charge over the earth.less than a minute ago via Bible SummaryBible Summary
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Summing up scores of verses in a single tweet is a daunting task, but Juby said he hopes his Twitter account will inspire his fellow Christians and others to read the Bible in its entirety. “My summaries are no substitute for the real thing,” he concluded.

Other similar accounts exist on Twitter. There’s @VersesFromBible and @Daily_Bible, which tweet passages from scripture in 140-character installments. @BiblePromises features daily tweets of Bible verses categorized by theme (Hope, Courage, etc.). And if you’ve got time for more than 140 characters, you can try @One_Year_Bible, which links to daily sections of scripture to read if you’d like to read through the entire Christian Bible in one year.

But of course, Twitter is for more than just the canonized books of one religion. If you want to get daily doses of the Qu’ran, you can check out @Quran. You can find snippets of Jewish sacred texts at @BiblicalTanakh, or you can follow the Buddhist words of wisdom on the Dalai Lama’s official Twitter account.

If you’re of a more secular or agnostic persuasion, you might like the less religious but still valuable meditations at @Shakespeare_Quo, @ScienceWisdom, @OscarWilde, @Philo_Quotes or @Quotations. Alternatively, you can search for your favorite writer or inspirational figure on Twitter. If he or she doesn’t have an account, there might be a bot tweeting relevant quotations and links. You can also check out Mashable’s list of motivational Twitter users, such as Tony Robbins and Chicken Soup for the Soul author Marci Shimoff.

The very nature of services like Twitter inspires people to share what they’re passionate about, and Juby’s committed to quite an undertaking in expressing his passion through this medium.

What do you think of his efforts? Do his actions inspire you — either to read more of the religious texts of your choosing or to start a marathon Twitter account to celebrate a passion on your own? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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