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N.A. Hart

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I've been telling Bible stories to kids and teenagers for over twenty years. The Old Testament is my favorite because it’s full of real people who are mixed bags of failure and faithfulness, fear and trust—just like I am. My father was an entrepreneur, so I never intended to be one, but I've wound up a proud indie publisher. ...more

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N.A. Hart In 2011, when I reached the story of David in 1 Samuel in my read-the-Bible-all-the-way-through project, I was engrossed by what I was reading and reg…moreIn 2011, when I reached the story of David in 1 Samuel in my read-the-Bible-all-the-way-through project, I was engrossed by what I was reading and regularly went way beyond my usual chapter or two a day. I’d been reading middle grade and young adult fiction for many years (Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Charlie Bone), and I kept seeing echoes of those stories in David’s. Why couldn’t my then-12-year-old son experience the Bible as exciting as I was seeing it? David was the original Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker, Percy Jackson–the boy plucked out of obscurity because of his connection to something larger than himself to do what nobody else could do when he was still so young. But the Bible is written in formal language without the level of detail that kids connect to.

So I thought I might take my love of middle grade fiction, my love of the Bible, my love of research, and my skill in telling Bible stories to kids and re-tell the story of David, adding in some of those feels-like details, some expanded and natural dialogue, some internal dialogue, and other things that would make it feel like a fully fleshed-out story for contemporary kids.

I thought it might take me 6 months. Ha!

The more I wrote, the more details I craved, the more precision I needed. It took two years to write and edit it and work with my Old Testament consultant, and then another two years of submitting to agents and publishers and dealing with rejection before choosing myself and deciding to independently publish it. If you’re good at math, you’ll notice that 2011 + 4 = 2015, and we are now in 2019.

Well, traumatic life events intervened and I wound up (to push the David comparison too far) wandering in the wilderness for four years. But I persevered, and here is the result: a story about fear and faith, trouble and trust told in alternating points of view. It is the first in what will be a trilogy, following David from a boy of 12 until his death.(less)

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Five biblical, low-memorization, low-rehearsal plays that include everyone who wants to participate

An image of a Christmas pageant at a church with children in angel and sheep and shepherd costumes.

You don’t have to have a stunning display with professional sets and lights and live animals to tell the story of Jesus well. You just need a few volunteers willing to corral all the participants, and actors willing to put on a costume and go in front of the congregation. We’ve all got a role to play in telling the wonderful story of the coming of Christ into the world, no matter our age or physic

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