Fri., December 09, 2005

I just sent my final edit of the new and improved Purple Book to Zondervan. We have been working for six months with a Zondervan editor to make the Purple Book a little more user friendly for the non-religious. We've added a sentence here and there to explain concepts like justification, sanctification, sin, eternal life, and other spiritual themes that non-believers may not understand.

Also Zondervan is about to release a purple version of their TNIV (Today's New International Version) to go along with our Purple Book. If you are getting tired of all this purple haze, blame it on our Manila printer. Of course here in Manila, some have started calling it the "ube" book. If you don't know what ube means, then look it up or ask a Filipino.

My Mom reminds me that my favorite book series when I was a small child was Harold and the Purple Crayon. I was so into my Harold books that my grandfather sometimes called me "Harold". Sure glad that nickname did not stick. I guess I will never get away from purple books.

Speaking of purple kid's books, we are currently working with Pastor Paolo Punzalan on a kid's version of the Purple Book. Paolo leads our kids ministry in Manila, ministering to thousands of kids and leading hundreds of volunteers each week. Please pray for this project. Thanks.

 

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