Just Too Cool…

You’ve gotta love a church that is willing to do this.

This video was used as a introduction at a youth retreat. Could you imagine? I bet they got the kid’s attention.

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The Voice New Testament: The Epistles etc…

I’ve been blogging about different things lately and have gotten away from finishing my series of reviews concerning The Voice: New Testament. We’ve covered the look and feel of it and the gospels, so today we’ll conclude with the epistles etc…
My friend, Chris Seay, retells the Pauline epistles and I think they are very well [...]

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The Non-Writing Life

I’m not dead!! If you were beginning to worry where I’ve been, I want you to know that the Grim Reaper hasn’t yet caught up to me. I’m still alive and kicking. The reason for my blogosphere absence is because (1) I haven’t had time recently to post, (2) I haven’t had anything to post, [...]

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My Dungeon Shook

Well, since we have been surveying African-American literature this week, I thought I would post James Baldwin’s My Dungeon Shook. Baldwin penned this letter to his nephew — also named James — on the occasion of America’s 100th birthday. This piece is beautiful, with some of the most poignant phrases in all of literature. 
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Now, my [...]

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The Voice: New Testament Part 2 – The Gospels

Now that we’ve reviewed the look of The Voice: New Testament we turn to examining how The Voice handles the gospels.
Let’s begin with what I like about the way the gospels were handled. First, Chris’ choice regarding who would best retell each gospel was genius. Lauren Winner penned Matthew, which is fitting given that she [...]

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The Voice Review Part 1

The good people at Thomas Nelson have asked this blog and 99 others to review The Voice: New Testament. I informed them that I was a part of the project, and they said that was OK. So, here we go.
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I’m holding in my hand – actually it’s sitting on my desk – a new copy [...]

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