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“My Bible is pretty ugly. In some ways, it is a bit too large for my liking. Many of the pages are bent and discolored. With the daily wear and tear, I had to purchase a Bible cover just to keep the spine intact. Yet I love this Bible. It hasn’t left my side for close to five years now, and I wouldn’t trade it for the most expensive, goatskin-bound Bible if it was offered to me for free. I am reminded of what Pope Francis wrote about his personal Bible in the foreword of a Bible translation aimed at young people: ‘You could buy me a new one for $1,000, but I would not want it. I love my old Bible, which has accompanied me half my life. It has been with me in my times of joy and times of tears. It is my most precious treasure. I live out of it, and I wouldn’t take anything in the world for it.’”

My book, Confessions of an Ugly-Bible Reader, can be purchased here.