Contracts

Today we signed a contract with Thomas Nelson securing the right to use the NKJV in The Lutheran Missal. The NKJV retains more of the poetic and lyrical nature of the timeless KJV text than other modern translations. Since much of the missal text will be pointed for chanting, the NKJV is likely a better…

Yesterday Monsignor Alan Detscher and I drove down to New Jersey for a meeting with Catholic Book Publishing. The Monsignor, recently retired, has been editing and publishing liturgical resources for decades. I met him by chance at a clergy association lunch, and he is very interested in The Lutheran Missal project. (His collection of Lutheran…