The live webcast, will be really fun, a bunch of ordinary people of all ages, genders and many races (we hope) reading the Bible live to the world! We have begun to sort the technology for broadcast and recording, and now have a good solid Webcast provider who has a POP in Wellington and in San Fransisco.
Beyond the Webcast we have begun to prepare a small stockpile of Bible chapters for the daily Podcasts. The aim of these, with their "Think! Pray! Do!" suggestions after each chunk of text is NOT to tell people what the Bible says. We think the Holy Spirit will do that. We aim to stimulate hearers to reflect prayerfully on what they have heard.
Yesterday a small group of us (Mark B, Jodie, Peter, and Tim, plus Mark H for a while) got together to work on Mark's Gospel - appropriate choice with two Marks involved (and no book of Jodie ;) We prepared a "Think! Pray! Do!" for each chapter and recorded over half the book.
We have provided sample chapters from the Gospel so you can hear what the Podcasts will be like, and make any comments now, while we are still planning...
Sample Chapters from Mark's Gospel
Mark 1 (1.54MB)
Mark 8 (1.7MB)
Mark 16 (900KB)
So do let us know if the mix "works" for you...
The real podcasts will start on October 25th 2005!
¶ 5:50 AM
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Hey Tim,
Sounding good from the podcast site, but the links on this blog don't seem to work. Is this from your side or mine?
God bless, we're looking forward to the weekend.
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Craig (mars-hill), at
September 9, 2005 7:20 PM
Thanks! Sorry, everyone, silly mistake, it's fixed now! Enjoy...
By Tim, at
September 10, 2005 6:08 AM
Tim,
I run a series of podcats on Jewish literature and culture for Nextbook, and this week I've got a story online that I thought, from reading your site, you might be interested in.
I've interviewed former poet-laureate-of-the US, Robert Pinsky, on the life of David... as a poet, warrior, father, king. He's (PInsky) just written a book on the subject, and it's pretty good stuff.
It's really a touching podcast, and I'm very proud of ther way it turned out. In particular, Pinsky's discussion on Michal/women, and his reading of the Elegy for Saul is SO moving...
Any chance you might help me spread the word? We work so hard on these things, and I really want folks to hear this....
Here's a link: http://www.nextbook.org/cultural/feature.html?id=188 If you just click on "listen to podcast you should be able to hear the interview!!!
Thanks so much!
From me,
Laurel Snyder
By Laurel, at
September 10, 2005 6:36 AM
