The Course
What this is: the same fifty-two readings as the year, ordered as a course you can start in any month: who Jesus is, then the way he taught, then mercy, the least, the kingdom, the cost, staying ready, and finally the cross and the rising. Begin at week one and go one reading a week.
How to use it: start at week 1 and go one unit a week. Unlike the Year, there is no season to keep pace with; you set your own start and your own pace.
Part One: Who he is (weeks 1-6)
| Week | Reading | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Word made flesh |
| 2 | 2 | The voice at the water |
| 3 | 41 | Born in a feeding trough |
| 4 | 20 | Water into wine |
| 5 | 42 | The strangers from the east |
| 6 | 4 | The light on the mountain |
Part Two: The way he taught (weeks 7-12)
| Week | Reading | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 5 | The greatest commandment |
| 8 | 6 | Blessed are |
| 9 | 7 | Teach us to pray |
| 10 | 8 | Do not worry |
| 11 | 10 | Ask, seek, knock |
| 12 | 9 | The log in your own eye |
Part Three: Mercy and forgiveness (weeks 13-18)
| Week | Reading | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | 13 | Seventy times seven |
| 14 | 16 | The son who came home |
| 15 | 28 | Neither do I condemn you |
| 16 | 11 | Love your enemies |
| 17 | 18 | Two men praying |
| 18 | 23 | The woman at the Pharisee's table |
Part Four: The least, and the neighbor (weeks 19-24)
| Week | Reading | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | 17 | The one who stopped |
| 20 | 39 | The sheep and the goats |
| 21 | 22 | Enough for everyone |
| 22 | 25 | The hem of his cloak |
| 23 | 24 | Down through the roof |
| 24 | 27 | The man born blind |
Part Five: The kingdom (weeks 25-30)
| Week | Reading | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | 14 | The sower |
| 26 | 15 | The weeds among the wheat |
| 27 | 19 | The workers hired last |
| 28 | 21 | Zacchaeus |
| 29 | 26 | Help my unbelief |
| 30 | 29 | Let the children come |
Part Six: The cost (weeks 31-36)
| Week | Reading | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | 3 | Forty days in the wilderness |
| 32 | 30 | The rich young man |
| 33 | 31 | Let me first |
| 34 | 32 | Take up your cross |
| 35 | 12 | Where your treasure is |
| 36 | 38 | What you did with what you were given |
Part Seven: Staying ready (weeks 37-42)
| Week | Reading | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 37 | 33 | The kingdom among you |
| 38 | 34 | Keep awake |
| 39 | 35 | The ten who waited |
| 40 | 37 | As in the days of Noah |
| 41 | 36 | Lamps lit, ready for the door |
| 42 | 40 | You will know them by what they do |
Part Eight: The cross and the rising (weeks 43-52)
| Week | Reading | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 43 | 43 | He washed their feet |
| 44 | 44 | In the garden |
| 45 | 45 | Father, forgive them |
| 46 | 47 | The empty tomb |
| 47 | 48 | Mary in the garden |
| 48 | 49 | The road to Emmaus |
| 49 | 50 | Thomas, who needed to see |
| 50 | 51 | Breakfast on the shore |
| 51 | 52 | Peace be with you |
| 52 | 46 | I will come again |