Digital copy of The Mockingbird Parables for FREE (& a WARNING to its readers!)
Just finished work on my upcoming book The Holy Nomad (September ’12) and was overjoyed to hear that Tyndale Publishers is currently giving the digital version of my first book, The Mockingbird Parables, away for free! I would love for you to check it out: http://t.co/8Kl7iSWQ . But before you sit down to read, I think it is important to understand that it is NOT a “Gospel According to To Kill a Mockingbird.” I never claim to speak for Harper Lee or to know her...
Friday’s Five Good Answers: Your Questions (for me) about To Kill a Mockingbird and The Mockingbird Parables
As my journey discussing America’s favorite novel comes to a close over the next few weeks, I thought it would be fitting to repost this “Friday’s Five Good Answers” (from April) featuring your questions for me about Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, and my book, The Mockingbird Parables. Thank you again for the wonderful questions! I hope you will enjoy my candid answers and that it will shed light on why I set out to write about the characters and themes...
Mockingbird Monday – The Story Behind The Mockingbird Parables
Publisher’s Weekly ran a short piece last fall about the publication of The Mockingbird Parables. Honestly, the PW piece is just a teaser for what other authors tell me is a very interesting and unusual story. I thought that I would spend the next several “Mockingbird Monday’s” giving you some background on the many trials the book had before it was finally signed (in its dying moments) by Tyndale – and has actually gone on to make it to a bookshelf...
The Great Escape: Train tickets to heaven, scary headlines, and taking the easy way out
Explosions in Tripoli, bombs in the West Bank, radiation spewing from Japanese nuclear reactors, pirates seize an oil tanker,forty-five dead in Iraq government hostage siege, housing prices near a double dip… and these are just a few of the news stories being reported today. Depressing, isn’t it? News like this poses some big questions for me. Is it any wonder that so many people of faith have devoted themselves to whatseveral pastors label an “evacuation theology”?...
A New Interview about The Mockingbird Parables from UrbanFaith.com
I recently had the oppurtunity to interview with Urban Faith about The Mockingbird Parables. Here as a short excerpt from the piece: “Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel imparts a story of great significance; its characters leave a lifelong impression on our consciences and hearts. We don’t just read or watch To Kill a Mockingbird; we experience it. Matt Litton understands this better than most. His latest book, The Mockingbird Parables: Transforming Lives Through...
Mockingbird Monday: Speaking for Harper Lee? What We Know About Mockingbird, Faith and Atticus’ Guiding Principles.
I wrote this article for the CNN faith blog about To Kill a Mockingbird and what it has to teach us about faith: http://bit.ly/hojmHy . The response was great, although much of the commentary was agitation that I would tie To Kill a Mockingbird and morality to Christianity (or any faith tradition, for that matter). I have taken great pains (out of respect to Harper Lee) tomake it clearthat The Mockingbird Parables does not speak for the author of TKaM; rather, communicates how...
