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NASHVILLE, Feb. 21, 2012 /Christian
Newswire/ -- An international network of bloggers will soon contribute to a
90-day blog tour for the new bestselling Common English Bible (CommonEnglishBible.com)
translation. The "Common English Bible Change Your Heart and Life" tour extends
from February through May, honoring the Christian observances of Ash Wednesday,
Lent, Holy Week, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter, the Ascension of Jesus,
and Pentecost. Complete schedule and joining information is available at
CommonEnglishBible.com/CEB/blogtour.
In addition to the blog tour (Twitter #CEBtour --
twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/%23CEBtour),
the Common English Bible National Public Reading Marathon is being synchronized
for Holy Week (April 1-7) and Easter Sunday (April 8), conducted by churches,
seminaries and colleges, and other organizations and streamed online. Readings
will be scripture verses for the season selected from the Revised Common
Lectionary (Year B). Information about groups hosting the reading marathon is
available at
CommonEnglishBible.com/CEB/blogtour or by contacting
jpetersen@somersaultgroup.com.
Churches, bloggers, and others can also share Lenten Bible readings leading up
to Easter in a free PowerPoint® presentation consisting of vivid color
photography of nature scenes combined with scripture verses from the Common
English Bible (Twitter @CommonEngBible --
twitter.com/CommonEngBible).
The presentation (www.commonenglishbible.com/CEB/LentDownloads
and slideshare.net/CommonEnglishBible)
is comprised of nine Bible readings to observe Ash Wednesday, each Sunday of
Lent, Good Friday, and Easter. It's flexible enough to display only portions
from it or all the slides, and to present them prior to or during church
services, embed in blogs and other websites, or email to friends.
Along with embedding the slide presentation, bloggers can also embed a new
60-second video (vimeo.com/34617547 and
www.youtube.com/commonenglishbible), showing how the Common English Bible is
an uncommon translation that clearly communicates in today's terms God's message
of love to everyone, no matter what age, gender, station in life, or other
personal outlook.
Beginning Feb. 22 (Ash Wednesday) and running through May 27 (Pentecost), the
blog tour is an opportunity for bloggers to join together in writing posts
around upcoming seasonal events using the Common English Bible, including
commenting on verses from it, reviewing the Bible translation itself,
interviewing the translators or associate publisher behind the translation, or
discussing the translation with their readers.
Participating bloggers in the tour will receive a copy of the leather-like bound
Thinline Bible DecoTone Tan/Brick Red edition, suggested themes, topics, and
verses on which to write, an invitation to interview Bible scholars, and badges
to place on their blogs indicating their involvement. Bloggers will have the
opportunity to offer to their readers a free copy of the softcover edition: one
copy per week for every week the bloggers write a blogpost that includes mention
of the Common English Bible during the tour. The blogger with the most number of
blogposts that reference the Common English Bible at the end of the tour will
receive either a Kindle Fire or a Nook Tablet (their choice). Blogposts can be
in the form of text, audio, video, and photo.
The Common English Bible text, including the Apocrypha, is available to search
for free online at Bible Gateway (www.biblegateway.com/versions/Common-English-Bible-CEB),
YouVersion.com, and the translation's website.
The Common English Bible is a collaboration of 120 Bible scholars and editors,
77 reading group leaders, and more than 500 average readers from around the
world. The translators -- from 24 denominations in American, African, Asian,
European, and Latino communities -- represent such academic institutions as
Asbury Theological Seminary, Azusa Pacific University, Bethel Seminary, Denver
Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, Seattle Pacific University, Wheaton
College, Yale University, and many others.
The Common English Bible is written in contemporary idiom at the same reading
level as the newspaper USA TODAY -- using language that's comfortable and
accessible for today's English readers. More than half-a-million copies of the
Bible are already in print, including an edition with the Apocrypha. The Common
English Bible is available for purchase online and in 20 digital formats. A
Reference Bible edition and a Daily Companion devotional edition are now also
available. Additionally, in the coming year, Church/Pew Bibles, Gift and Award
Bibles, Large Print Bibles, and Children's Bible editions will be in stores,
joining the existing Thinline Bibles, Compact Thin Bibles, and Pocket-Size
Bibles, bringing the total variety of Common English Bible stock-keeping units
(SKUs) to more than 40.
Visit CommonEnglishBible.com to see comparison translations, learn about the
translators, get free downloads, and more.
The Common English Bible is sponsored by the Common English Bible Committee, an
alliance of five publishers that serve the general market, as well as the
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) (Chalice Press), Presbyterian Church
(USA) (Westminster John Knox Press), Episcopal Church (Church Publishing, Inc.),
United Church of Christ (The Pilgrim Press), and The United Methodist Church
(Abingdon Press).
For a media review copy of the Common English Bible and to schedule an interview
with Paul Franklyn, please contact Audra Jennings,
ajennings@tbbmedia.com at
1.800.927.0517 x104.