What's in The Bible

News from the Lab…

Date 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 [...]

Here an iPad, there an iPad…

Date 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 [...]

JellyTelly news

Date 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, [...]

Moving on through the Bible…

Date 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 [...]

Apple and Christian apps… a troubling development?

Date 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 [...]

Busy week this week – big week next week!

Date 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 [...]

Happy Fall/Harvest/Halloween/insert-your-Fall-celebration-here

Date November 1, 2010

A seasonal greeting from fan/friend/illustrator Amy Lester…

New favorite quote about “What’s in the Bible?”

Date 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 [...]

What’s in the Bible episode plan

Date 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 [...]

DVD #4 headed your way…

Date 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 [...]