January 2026 | Calendars

Happy (almost) New Year!

We made it to 2026! I hope your holidays were merry, and you feel refreshed to welcome January. 

We're excited to return with our Ideas for EVERY Day calendars for 2026, along with a new approach to our GROWTH for today calendars. We pray they add JOY to your daily routines.

As we welcome January with hopeful anticipation, we hope you are trying new routines too. It's always a good idea to reflect and embrace positive restarts. We are praying for diligence in pursuit of your goals, that your efforts are rewarded, and that you remain hopeful when your plans don't go as intended.

Resources to Support You in Your January Journey:


January 2026 Ideas for EVERY Day


Add "Would you rather..." questions into your daily holiday festivities this January to welcome even more JOY. Or get it (for free!) at our TPT store.

Also, consider sampling our JOY for Today posts, where we celebrate selected days throughout the year by offering facts, connections, scripture, quotes, and activity suggestions. Check out these posts for upcoming January holidays:

January 2026 GROWTH for Today Calendar

News flash: we did not make it through the four gospels in 2025. In fact, we're still in Luke 4. To continue providing ideas for you, we're offering three plans: a book study, character study, or topical study. In January, they are:
  1. Book Study: Luke
  2. Character Study: Adam and Eve 
  3. Topical Study: Diligence
For flexibility, we invite you to choose whichever plan you'd like, or construct your own. We offer a 7-step routine, but we encourage you to take it at your own pace. Some pacing options to consider:
  • All seven steps each day. Complete all seven steps for each daily passage.
  • One step each day. Stretch one passage across seven days by completing one step daily.
  • One step, one passage. Each day, read a new passage and complete one step for that passage.
The main point is to build the habit of daily study in an approachable format. While I try to complete each step every day, this 7-step approach allows me to stop at the end of any step if I find myself interrupted, or when I just feel done for the day. When I'm busy, I can still be faithful to my Bible study commitment by completing just one step. So please, know from the start that I am not forcing myself to maintain the pace, and I hope that gives you freedom to not follow it either. Instead, my goal is to provide you with small, manageable chunks of text and a flexible routine that guides you to ponder God's message to you.

As always, I will post my notes on the Faith Food page as I finish them. 

Let us never stop GROWING!

 

View previous Growth for Today calendars at our JOY for Today page.

BLANK 2026 Calendars

Both our Idea for Every Day and Growth for Today calendars include a blank calendar for your convenience. Use it to pace your own activities for the month or for personal use. Here are the featured quotes:

A quote from Mr. Popper's penguins captions a picture of a mother penguin caring for her children.


Proverbs 20:4 captions a picture of a mother penguin with her children.


Stay diligent, Leaders! Keep fighting for your littles; it's what you're there for.

With you,

Red bowl with gray steam rising from top, Wolfe Stew written on front of bowl.


Sample these related posts:

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January 2025 | Calendars
To read the gospels is to understand the importance of perspective. Each gospel writer tells Jesus' story to a different audience so they can impart a message of import they experienced from His' teachings. Return with us to our January 2025 GROWTH for Today study on Matthew.

Columbus Day | JOY for Today
Yes, we know it's in October, but Columbus has a lot to teach us about perseverance. Includes facts, connections, scripture, quotes, and activity suggestions.

Proverbs 31:19 | The Wolfe Notes
There's no doubt about it, the woman described at the end of Proverbs 31 was diligent. In April of 2024, we considered the trait of being hardworking in depth. Browse our notes to explore spindles, God's hands, and building habits of surrender with us.

Diving with David | Faith Food
Return with me to my very first faith-based blog. I plunged into the faith-writing venture when I read a familiar story but discovered a new perspective. I hope my story reminds you that we always have more to learn, and we are never done growing.

Are you interested in browsing archived calendars? If so, find them all on our JOY for Today page. 

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