Archive for April, 2004
The Map
The Bible Book is being published in the states as the MAP – making the Bible Meaningful, Accessible, Practical. It will be out in August.
Posted: April 15th, 2004 under Books.
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Living deliberately
Been reading a lot of Thoreau recently. Although he has become a kind of saint of the green movement, that wasn’t really what he was all about. He’s more a saint of the ‘deliberateness’ movement; as he wrote, ‘I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately’. In an era where so many [...]
Posted: April 15th, 2004 under Life.
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And so it begins again…
Some would say it’s fate, some would say it’s chance, some would say it’s divine judgment, some would say it’s a relief, but a computer accident destroyed most of the (very infrequent) posts to this weblog. So, I’ve started again. And, hopefully, I’ll keep it (a) safer and (b) more up to date this time. [...]
Posted: April 14th, 2004 under Life.
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Street Life published
Zondervan have published Street Life – the collaboration between Rob Lacey and myself. It’s a book of Bible studies based on Rob’s excellent Street Bible.
Posted: April 14th, 2004 under Books.
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Church Invisible imminent
Church Invisible will be published in May. Funky cover which can be seen here.
Posted: April 14th, 2004 under Books.
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CEV Youth Bible
I am in the final stages of producing the CEV Youth Bible, which will be published by HarperCollins in July. I think it’s fair to say that it’s the only Bible ever published with a section on ‘civil disobedience’…
Posted: April 14th, 2004 under Books.
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And now let’s move into a time of nonsense…
Will be published in the autumn by Authentic Media. It’s a look at the words of worship songs and how they could be improved. Strangely most publishers refused me permission to quote from their worship songs in the book. Can’t imagine the title had anything to do with it.
Posted: April 14th, 2004 under Books.
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Several websites
I’m currently working on a new website for Learning Disabilities Media, and have also redesigned and built websites for Thames Valley Partnership.
Posted: April 14th, 2004 under Life.
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Opera Anywhere
Claire and I have been working for Opera Anywhere. I’ve been doing designa nd marketing, while Claire has been directing their latest production, a Puccini Double Bill featuring the operas Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica. You want culture, we’ve got it.
Posted: April 14th, 2004 under Life.
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Jaques Ellul
Well, there wasn’t much that I regretted losing from the wipeout. But here are a couple of sites that are worth preserving. Jaques Ellul Radical theologian and sociologist and proponent of Christian anarchism. I originally looked at him through researching Christianity and Anarchy, but have since encountered several more of his books, especially The Presence [...]
Posted: April 14th, 2004 under Words.
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