Bible Across America

Nearly nine months after it hit the road, Zondervan's hand-written Bible Across America came home Wednesday, June 24th 2009 bearing Scripture verses inscribed by 31,173 people. Among them: a little girl who guided her blind sister's hand; a father who flew from Baltimore to Los Angeles to write in it with his son; and Antoinette and Jim Barry, a couple from Palos Heights, Ill., where church leaders 44 years ago conceived of the New International Version Bible. The Barrys' daughter, Maureen "Moe" Girkins, is the current president and CEO of Zondervan., She penned the final verse from Revelation 22:21: "The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen."