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It’s Hard to Write a Novel about Jesus

Audio, New Ideas and Research, Published Writing, The Bible, Victorian Studies, Video

My first book looks at how Victorian novelists explored the Incarnation through fiction. In doing so, they shifted the focus from what Jesus did to who Jesus was: a real man in real history.

Literate But Not Literary: Learning to Re-Read the Bible

Audio, Reading Well, The Bible, Video

Being literate but not literary is a problem that plagues readers of the Bible. Watch & Listen as I explain why using a re-reading of the Binding of Isaac in Genesis 22 as an example.

[NOW on Netflix] Exploring Nella Larsen’s “Passing”: A Conversation about Race in America with Bryce Coefield

College Classes, Reading Well, Video

Nella Larsen’s novel Passing is now in movie form on Netflix. Use these recorded conversations as a watching/reading companion to the movie and/or novel, as you think about race in America.

Teaching Challenge: Create Lectures that make Students want to Read the Book! Six (short) Video’s on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale.

College Classes, Reading Well, Teaching and Academic Design, Video

So, how does a teacher guide students through at book—through (hopefully) engaging and entertaining videos — in a way that encourages thinking, that is encourages students to read, reflect, and respond rigorously without the classroom?

The Bible & The Novel: The Gospel of Mark 11-16 (& Netflix’s Messiah)

College Classes, The Bible, The Bible and The Novel, Video

Ever wished there was a gospel written specifically for those really bleak, hopeless moments when all appears lost? A gospel writer that seems to...

The Bible & The Novel: Mark’s Gospel (& Netflix’s Messiah)

College Classes, The Bible, The Bible and The Novel, Video

Resurrecting Jesus from the fog of familiarity can be hard—so hard, in fact, that we often gloss over the way each individual gospel text portrays...

The Bible & The Novel: Netflix’s Messiah (& Mark’s Gospel)

College Classes, Reading Well, The Bible, The Bible and The Novel, The Christian Imagination, Video

Stories that reimagine Jesus, considering what his life would look like if lived in the modern world, have a long history in the Christian...

The Bible & the Novel: Ruth & Marilynne Robinson’s Lila

College Classes, Fostering Faith, Reading Well, The Bible, The Bible and The Novel, Video

Too often texts fall silent because we think we know the story. Or because we find the barriers of time, place, and culture insurmountable. At...

VIDEO | How can Adam Bede be Jesus? He’s such a prig…

Reading Well, Victorian Studies, Video

For some people, thinking of Adam Bede as Jesus presents problems because Adam isn't always nice. In this video I look at George Eliot's Adam Bede,...