April 13, 2011
Sorry I haven’t posted in a while – we’ve been working away on lots of stuff and I’ve been focused on other things. What things, you ask? Well… What’s in the Bible #5 hits stores in just a couple of weeks, and we just finished #6! Though it’s going to take us 13 DVDs to [...]
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January 22, 2011
Okay, it appears iPads are taking over. I'm sitting among about 30 parents at a volleyball tournament (all three of our kids play volleyball). Typically, in a group like this there would be about 6-7 laptops out on tables as parents try to pass the time between matches. But laptops are so… 2010. Scanning the [...]
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January 19, 2011
Hey y'all – remember JellyTelly? Yep, our website "mini-network/tv show" for kids. Well, my cohorts here at Jellyfish Labs have been working on a new version in partnership with Focus on the Family, and it has launched in beta. You can check it out here. The whole site has been rebuilt to be more flexible, [...]
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December 9, 2010
Hey – yesterday we finished What's in the Bible #5! It's off for DVD mastering, and then will slowly make its way through the distribution channel and into stores in February. What's more, #6 is now in animation! It's scripted, storyboarded, cut, and sent off to our animators working here and there. Now it's time [...]
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November 29, 2010
This is a little concerning. Are you familiar with the Manhattan Declaration? Chuck Colsen and quite a few other leaders in the evangelical world came together to sign a statement reinforcing their commitment to the sanctity of life, traditional marriage, and a few other key social issues. More than a half-million Christians – by one [...]
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November 12, 2010
There is a lot going on around here this days… this week we're assembling What's in the Bible #5, and I just sent out the script for #6 to our content review board. I spent the day Wednesday speaking with digital media students at Huntington University in Indiana – ex-Big Idea artists Steve Leeper and [...]
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November 1, 2010
A seasonal greeting from fan/friend/illustrator Amy Lester…
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October 13, 2010
I just got this email from a children's pastor in Florida… I think I want to put it on the back of our next DVD case… "I actually challenged my senior pastor's wife to watch an episode and if she didn't learn at least 10 things I would run around the church clucking like a [...]
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September 20, 2010
Thanks for all the great feedback on What's in the Bible! A number of you have been asking for a bit of a roadmap for the rest of the series, so you have a better feel for how we're moving through the Bible. So here goes… DVD #4 will be in stores in another week [...]
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August 26, 2010
Well, we wrapped up the fourth “What’s in the Bible?” DVD, which takes us through the book of Ruth. I’m now in the midst of writing DVD #5, covering the lives of Samuel, Saul, David and Solomon. Fun stuff! That one will come out in the Spring of 2011. Response to the DVDs has been [...]
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