The Dragon’s Tooth releases today, so hotfoot it on down there. You don’t want the line forming ahead of you. There are two things I want to write about here. The first is the world that this new Ashtown series is set in, and the second is the world that we are in. Cyrus and …
Psalm Off Results
Apologies to all for the delay in announcing the results of our Psalm-Off contest. We had some technical challenges in getting the entries to our judges, plus some other issues, and so I wasn’t able to announce anything last Friday as we had said we would do. My bad. Let us break this out into …
Take It Slow
John MacArthur recently wrote on the question of alcohol consumption, which you all can read here. Frankly, given his exegetical abilities and his dedication to the teaching of Scripture, this was profoundly disappointing. As it happened, a month or so ago, I read the manuscript of Joel McDurmon’s latest book, What Would Jesus Drink?, in …
On Feeling Sorry for Exxon
Here is a little datum that should cheer you right up (HT: Frank Turk). The thing that is revelatory about this, if you think about it right, is how far we have to go in shifting our paradigm on the nature of corporate greed. The debate ought not to be over whether there is such …
Bumped to the Top Again
Ashtown Burials I–The Dragon’s Tooth (book trailer) from Gorilla Poet Productions on Vimeo.
Now That Entertainment Weekly Is Done Bogarting the Video
Ashtown Burials I–The Dragon’s Tooth (book trailer) from Gorilla Poet Productions on Vimeo.
A Really Important Virtue, In Fact
Many thanks to those of you who entered the Psalm-Off deal. We had some really good ones. We hope to announce something by Friday, August 19, 2011. Because we (meaning I) didn’t specify what particular electronic form the submissions should take, we have had a few headaches trying to get all the submissions to all …
A Little Bit of Fatherly Kvelling
Often when the kids were little, Nancy and I would have to go check on what they were doing. And they were inevitably . . . doing. Sometime soon I am going to write a little something on the remarkable people they all married, but for the moment, let me just talk about my kids. …
Ashtown Burials
Hey, everybody. If you want to see the book trailer for The Dragon’s Tooth (yes, book trailer), then I would encourage you to head on over to Entertainment Weekly and take a gander or two. For that, click here. Joel Courtney from Super 8 is Cyrus Smith, descendant of . . . oh, just get …
Last Minute Nudge
Just a quick reminder — early conference rates can be obtained if you register before it turns into August 2. Here and here.