Peter Jackson has agreed to do two new films on the prequel to the Lord of the Rings, Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Read more here.
Crazy for God
Contrary to high Amazon ratings, Douglass Groothius writes a not-so-favorable review of Frank Schaeffer’s memoir Crazy for God.
HT:JT
Acts 29 Coaches Training
January 28-31 I will be heading out to TEDS for Acts 29 Coaches Training and church planter assessment. I am excited about learning how to coach others in this incredibly challenging task of planting churches. A noteworthy resource made available to coaching candidates is Coachnet. Check it out.
And for an potential church planters reading this, there is a A29 bootcamp that week featuring Mark Driscoll, Ed Stetzer, Mark Dever and Darrin Patrick, and potentially D.A. Carson.
Blue Like Jazz, the movie
That’s right Don Miller is taking his writing to the silver screen. The details are pretty hush-hush, but an interview with Don regarding the forthcoming movie (2008) can be read here.