Babylon falls. Persia rises. Exile ends. 
Through visions of beasts and kingdoms, Daniel reveals the real power behind it all as two kings send open letters to the world—and God's people return to their homeland in a new Exodus.

*** Word + the Wild is back in 2027 as One Big Story ***

The Word + the Wild community is on break for 2026.
Why? To come back new and improved for January 2027 as the One Big Story Project.

👉 Find out more and join the 2027 waitlist at onebigstory.org. 

You’ll see info on more Bible studies and conversations there, too.

This archived season of Word + the Wild still pairs perfectly with the One Year Chronological Bible. So, subscribe and enjoy the adventure.

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Word & the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and doable 12-month journey through the Bible where you read it from cover to cover and understand it. It’s not a devotional or recap. It’s a guide by your side through God’s Word. With support from a weekly podcast and an online community of fellow travelers, this is the year when you finally explore the Bible in its own words and on its own terms for yourself. 

ESSENTIAL LINKS

Our daily reading follows the One Year Chronological Bible NLT version. Find it at your favorite retailer.
Here's where to find it on Amazon: 

• Large Print paper version (recommended)
• kindle version
• flip around the Bible yourself using this downloadable PDF chart

OTHER LINKS

• Throw a little something in the tip jar to keep this nonprofit going and growing.
• Join the One Big Story community on Facebook and on Instagram...and say hello to your fellow travelers.
• One Big Story Youtube channel

This week, the words of Jeremiah and Ezekiel play like sad country song in stereo. Jeremiah croons from the left ear, Ezekiel belts from the right, and together they narrate the collapse of Jerusalem. The temple falls, the people despair, and the lights go dark on Israel’s freedom.

But buried in the sorrow are refrains of hope—promises of something new. Jeremiah and Ezekiel both whisper about a covenant unlike Sinai’s—a future relationship with God that can’t be broken, because it rests entirely on Him. This week we’ll hear the old song one more time, and start to notice the fresh notes that hint at what the New Testament will soon resolve.

*** Word + the Wild is back in 2027 as One Big Story ***

The Word + the Wild community is on break for 2026.
Why? To come back new and improved for January 2027 as the One Big Story Project.

👉 Find out more and join the 2027 waitlist at onebigstory.org. 

You’ll see info on more Bible studies and conversations there, too.

This archived season of Word + the Wild still pairs perfectly with the One Year Chronological Bible. So, subscribe and enjoy the adventure.

*****

Word & the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and doable 12-month journey through the Bible where you read it from cover to cover and understand it. It’s not a devotional or recap. It’s a guide by your side through God’s Word. With support from a weekly podcast and an online community of fellow travelers, this is the year when you finally explore the Bible in its own words and on its own terms for yourself. 

ESSENTIAL LINKS

Our daily reading follows the One Year Chronological Bible NLT version. Find it at your favorite retailer.
Here's where to find it on Amazon: 

• Large Print paper version (recommended)
• kindle version
• flip around the Bible yourself using this downloadable PDF chart

OTHER LINKS

• Throw a little something in the tip jar to keep this nonprofit going and growing.
• Join the One Big Story community on Facebook and on Instagram...and say hello to your fellow travelers.
• One Big Story Youtube channel

This week, we hit a breaking point in the Bible’s story—and it’s not just emotional. It’s epic. Babylon descends, Judah falls, and the promised land becomes a prison camp. But Isaiah has already shown us what’s next. In this episode, Owen walks you through the moment God's people finally face the consequences—and the breathtaking seven-part roadmap Isaiah gives us for where the story still goes from here.

This isn’t the end. It’s the end of a season. And what comes next is…unbelievable.

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*** Word + the Wild is back in 2027 as One Big Story ***

The Word + the Wild community is on break for 2026.
Why? To come back new and improved for January 2027 as the One Big Story Project.

👉 Find out more and join the 2027 waitlist at onebigstory.org. 

You’ll see info on more Bible studies and conversations there, too.

This archived season of Word + the Wild still pairs perfectly with the One Year Chronological Bible. So, subscribe and enjoy the adventure.

*****

Word & the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and doable 12-month journey through the Bible where you read it from cover to cover and understand it. It’s not a devotional or recap. It’s a guide by your side through God’s Word. With support from a weekly podcast and an online community of fellow travelers, this is the year when you finally explore the Bible in its own words and on its own terms for yourself. 

ESSENTIAL LINKS

Our daily reading follows the One Year Chronological Bible NLT version. Find it at your favorite retailer.
Here's where to find it on Amazon: 

• Large Print paper version (recommended)
• kindle version
• flip around the Bible yourself using this downloadable PDF chart

OTHER LINKS

• Throw a little something in the tip jar to keep this nonprofit going and growing.
• Join the One Big Story community on Facebook and on Instagram...and say hello to your fellow travelers.
• One Big Story Youtube channel

We don't know every detail of where this ride called life will take us. But we do know what waits for us at the end of the road. Here in WEEK 29, Isaiah and Micah reveal: God has a plan. His plan is different than ours. And, his plan is the one that will happen. 

*** Word + the Wild is back in 2027 as One Big Story ***

The Word + the Wild community is on break for 2026.
Why? To come back new and improved for January 2027 as the One Big Story Project.

👉 Find out more and join the 2027 waitlist at onebigstory.org. 

You’ll see info on more Bible studies and conversations there, too.

This archived season of Word + the Wild still pairs perfectly with the One Year Chronological Bible. So, subscribe and enjoy the adventure.

*****

Word & the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and doable 12-month journey through the Bible where you read it from cover to cover and understand it. It’s not a devotional or recap. It’s a guide by your side through God’s Word. With support from a weekly podcast and an online community of fellow travelers, this is the year when you finally explore the Bible in its own words and on its own terms for yourself. 

ESSENTIAL LINKS

Our daily reading follows the One Year Chronological Bible NLT version. Find it at your favorite retailer.
Here's where to find it on Amazon: 

• Large Print paper version (recommended)
• kindle version
• flip around the Bible yourself using this downloadable PDF chart

OTHER LINKS

• Throw a little something in the tip jar to keep this nonprofit going and growing.
• Join the One Big Story community on Facebook and on Instagram...and say hello to your fellow travelers.
• One Big Story Youtube channel

You feel that? It's the pull of the open road. It's Week 28 on our Bible adventure and we're on a road trip. It's not just any kind of road trip. It's a road trip through reality.... And, this week's psalms are the songs on the radio. Our destination? A place we've always longed for and never been.

*** Word + the Wild is back in 2027 as One Big Story ***

The Word + the Wild community is on break for 2026.
Why? To come back new and improved for January 2027 as the One Big Story Project.

👉 Find out more and join the 2027 waitlist at onebigstory.org. 

You’ll see info on more Bible studies and conversations there, too.

This archived season of Word + the Wild still pairs perfectly with the One Year Chronological Bible. So, subscribe and enjoy the adventure.

*****

Word & the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and doable 12-month journey through the Bible where you read it from cover to cover and understand it. It’s not a devotional or recap. It’s a guide by your side through God’s Word. With support from a weekly podcast and an online community of fellow travelers, this is the year when you finally explore the Bible in its own words and on its own terms for yourself. 

ESSENTIAL LINKS

Our daily reading follows the One Year Chronological Bible NLT version. Find it at your favorite retailer.
Here's where to find it on Amazon: 

• Large Print paper version (recommended)
• kindle version
• flip around the Bible yourself using this downloadable PDF chart

OTHER LINKS

• Throw a little something in the tip jar to keep this nonprofit going and growing.
• Join the One Big Story community on Facebook and on Instagram...and say hello to your fellow travelers.
• One Big Story Youtube channel

After weeks of bad kings, feisty prophets, stormy politics, and spiritual drift, King Hezekiah pushes back against the chaos to recover peace and prosperity for his people.

In the middle of an Assyrian onslaught, Judah becomes an island of calm and strength. What’s the secret to Hezekiah’s success? And how can we build our own island of spiritual stability in the storms of life?

In this episode, we uncover the quiet power behind Hezekiah’s revival — and how renewed rhythms of worship, rediscovered Proverbs, and reflective Psalms arrive at just the right moment.

*** Word + the Wild is back in 2027 as One Big Story ***

The Word + the Wild community is on break for 2026.
Why? To come back new and improved for January 2027 as the One Big Story Project.

👉 Find out more and join the 2027 waitlist at onebigstory.org. 

You’ll see info on more Bible studies and conversations there, too.

This archived season of Word + the Wild still pairs perfectly with the One Year Chronological Bible. So, subscribe and enjoy the adventure.

*****

Word & the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and doable 12-month journey through the Bible where you read it from cover to cover and understand it. It’s not a devotional or recap. It’s a guide by your side through God’s Word. With support from a weekly podcast and an online community of fellow travelers, this is the year when you finally explore the Bible in its own words and on its own terms for yourself. 

ESSENTIAL LINKS

Our daily reading follows the One Year Chronological Bible NLT version. Find it at your favorite retailer.
Here's where to find it on Amazon: 

• Large Print paper version (recommended)
• kindle version
• flip around the Bible yourself using this downloadable PDF chart

OTHER LINKS

• Throw a little something in the tip jar to keep this nonprofit going and growing.
• Join the One Big Story community on Facebook and on Instagram...and say hello to your fellow travelers.
• One Big Story Youtube channel

A storm is brewing—and the prophets tear our flimsy tent wide open. Owen takes us to the tropics in a modern parable, where we wake up to the warnings of Amos, Isaiah, and Micah. Yes, judgment is coming. So is a child. These are desperate days for the people of Israel, and we feel the same hurricane-force winds today. But, this storm won’t end the story. Even here, in the gathering dark, a light begins to shine.

*** Word + the Wild is back in 2027 as One Big Story ***

The Word + the Wild community is on break for 2026.
Why? To come back new and improved for January 2027 as the One Big Story Project.

👉 Find out more and join the 2027 waitlist at onebigstory.org. 

You’ll see info on more Bible studies and conversations there, too.

This archived season of Word + the Wild still pairs perfectly with the One Year Chronological Bible. So, subscribe and enjoy the adventure.

*****

Word & the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and doable 12-month journey through the Bible where you read it from cover to cover and understand it. It’s not a devotional or recap. It’s a guide by your side through God’s Word. With support from a weekly podcast and an online community of fellow travelers, this is the year when you finally explore the Bible in its own words and on its own terms for yourself. 

ESSENTIAL LINKS

Our daily reading follows the One Year Chronological Bible NLT version. Find it at your favorite retailer.
Here's where to find it on Amazon: 

• Large Print paper version (recommended)
• kindle version
• flip around the Bible yourself using this downloadable PDF chart

OTHER LINKS

• Throw a little something in the tip jar to keep this nonprofit going and growing.
• Join the One Big Story community on Facebook and on Instagram...and say hello to your fellow travelers.
• One Big Story Youtube channel

When leadership breaks down, God doesn’t stay silent. He sends prophets—brash, untamed carriers of his voice and values. This week, we pan across the Bible’s epic landscape all the way back to the Garden to ask: What is leadership meant to be? What does it mean when the prophets arrive on the scene? 

From Eden to Elijah, Isaiah, and Jonah, we trace the deeper purpose behind these chaotic characters. It’s not about theatrics. It’s about hope. And it’s about what you can pray for now. Because God still moves through those who carry his heart into the dark.

*** Word + the Wild is back in 2027 as One Big Story ***

The Word + the Wild community is on break for 2026.
Why? To come back new and improved for January 2027 as the One Big Story Project.

👉 Find out more and join the 2027 waitlist at onebigstory.org. 

You’ll see info on more Bible studies and conversations there, too.

This archived season of Word + the Wild still pairs perfectly with the One Year Chronological Bible. So, subscribe and enjoy the adventure.

*****

Word & the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and doable 12-month journey through the Bible where you read it from cover to cover and understand it. It’s not a devotional or recap. It’s a guide by your side through God’s Word. With support from a weekly podcast and an online community of fellow travelers, this is the year when you finally explore the Bible in its own words and on its own terms for yourself. 

ESSENTIAL LINKS

Our daily reading follows the One Year Chronological Bible NLT version. Find it at your favorite retailer.
Here's where to find it on Amazon: 

• Large Print paper version (recommended)
• kindle version
• flip around the Bible yourself using this downloadable PDF chart

OTHER LINKS

• Throw a little something in the tip jar to keep this nonprofit going and growing.
• Join the One Big Story community on Facebook and on Instagram...and say hello to your fellow travelers.
• One Big Story Youtube channel

This week kicks off a whole new season in our Bible adventure—a time of civil war, crumbling kingdoms, and rapid-fire rulers. The story moves fast, but if you listen closely, you’ll hear a rhythm underneath. It’s a heartbeat.

God’s heartbeat—paired with a pounding question: Do you love me?

As the nation of Israel splits in two, we meet a gallery of leaders whose legacies rise or fall on what they love most. Forget battlefield wins and golden palaces. When it comes to the leadership scorecard, God doesn’t care who impressed the neighbors—He’s asking a deeper question:

What’s going on in your heart?

*** Word + the Wild is back in 2027 as One Big Story ***

The Word + the Wild community is on break for 2026.
Why? To come back new and improved for January 2027 as the One Big Story Project.

👉 Find out more and join the 2027 waitlist at onebigstory.org. 

You’ll see info on more Bible studies and conversations there, too.

This archived season of Word + the Wild still pairs perfectly with the One Year Chronological Bible. So, subscribe and enjoy the adventure.

*****

Word & the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and doable 12-month journey through the Bible where you read it from cover to cover and understand it. It’s not a devotional or recap. It’s a guide by your side through God’s Word. With support from a weekly podcast and an online community of fellow travelers, this is the year when you finally explore the Bible in its own words and on its own terms for yourself. 

ESSENTIAL LINKS

Our daily reading follows the One Year Chronological Bible NLT version. Find it at your favorite retailer.
Here's where to find it on Amazon: 

• Large Print paper version (recommended)
• kindle version
• flip around the Bible yourself using this downloadable PDF chart

OTHER LINKS

• Throw a little something in the tip jar to keep this nonprofit going and growing.
• Join the One Big Story community on Facebook and on Instagram...and say hello to your fellow travelers.
• One Big Story Youtube channel

A man who knew it all, did it all, and had it all makes a painful discovery—there’s one essential question he forgot to ask to get want he wants most of all. And now it’s too late. 

This week, we walk through Ecclesiastes—his haunting, hard-won reflections on the meaning of life. And old king Solomon sends us a warning: What if the satisfaction you’re chasing is on the path you've ignored?

*** Word + the Wild is back in 2027 as One Big Story ***

The Word + the Wild community is on break for 2026.
Why? To come back new and improved for January 2027 as the One Big Story Project.

👉 Find out more and join the 2027 waitlist at onebigstory.org. 

You’ll see info on more Bible studies and conversations there, too.

This archived season of Word + the Wild still pairs perfectly with the One Year Chronological Bible. So, subscribe and enjoy the adventure.

*****

Word & the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and doable 12-month journey through the Bible where you read it from cover to cover and understand it. It’s not a devotional or recap. It’s a guide by your side through God’s Word. With support from a weekly podcast and an online community of fellow travelers, this is the year when you finally explore the Bible in its own words and on its own terms for yourself. 

ESSENTIAL LINKS

Our daily reading follows the One Year Chronological Bible NLT version. Find it at your favorite retailer.
Here's where to find it on Amazon: 

• Large Print paper version (recommended)
• kindle version
• flip around the Bible yourself using this downloadable PDF chart

OTHER LINKS

• Throw a little something in the tip jar to keep this nonprofit going and growing.
• Join the One Big Story community on Facebook and on Instagram...and say hello to your fellow travelers.
• One Big Story Youtube channel