my first hardback!

Well, here’s the cover design for my very first hardback–Churched: One Kid’s Journey Toward God Despite A Holy Mess–which releases on Waterbrook/Random House in October 2008. I am so excited about this book. Seriously, this is the book I’ve always wanted to write, but quite honestly, wasn’t ready to before now. This is by far the most honest, funny, human, controversial, poignant book I’ve ever written. My publisher seems to have high hopes for it. Of course, in the publishing world, you never can tell what will happen. But a boy can dream, right? I will say this: I do feel like this is the first book I’ve written that a Buddhist or an atheist or a Christian (actually, almost anybody!) could read and enjoy.

I am currently working on the edits, aiming to be finished by the end of April. Please pray that I am successful at doing that!

Here’s the book’s description: Churched is the compelling narrative of life inside the walls of the local church (building) and what it means to “be” churched, relevant to any and all who are familiar with the evangelical culture, either through first-person experience, or through association with close family or friends, or simply by peering curiously at churchgoers. Matthew Paul Turner’s story is one of a regular American kid growing up in the late seventies and early eighties in a small town. He attended church on Sundays and had to cut the grass every Friday afternoon. His voice will resonate with fans of writers like Anne Lamott, Donald Miller, or David Sedaris, who may not relate to exact demographical upbringing, but connect with the writing because of the candid humanity, the wit, and the compelling storytelling. Readers will easily identify with the relationship dynamics between Matthew and his loving-but-firm parents, dogmatic teachers, fear-inspiring, passionate pastor, and supportive, if sometimes misguided, friends. Gen X readers will also connect with the musings and misadventures of a pop culture-loving, music-appreciating boy trying to grow up in the eighties, in a home where even contemporary Christian music was proclaimed to be “of the Devil.”

Sounds sort hot, doesn’t it?

Happy Friday! I’m going back to editing…

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