Our First Rejection Notice

In a close split decision our book on questions in John was reject on January 12th by the new products committee of AMG Publishers. (Most texts don't get this far along!) Apparently in the end the marketing people overruled others who really appreciated our work. (We, too, continue to appreciate the work of AMG Publishers.)

A publisher's rejection notice is like an obituary. All the praise in the world therein (and there always is some, of course) doesn't change the fact that you and your work are dead as far as that publication is concerned since they have concluded that the "living ink" does not flow.

Even so, work on this great Bible study text continues as zealously as ever. Today, I'm working in chapter 16 of John, in part for my adult Sunday school class tomorrow as well as for the book.

Physically our house is about "six feet under," under the snow, that is. But rumors of our demise and the end of this book project are not at all true. Spring shall come and the snow will melt; so, too, our temporary "burial" under the disappointment of this first rejection shall be undone, in the Lord's time and way. The work goes on! Praise the Lord!