Böcker av Steve (Author) Turner

Another collection from the highly-popular and award-winning poet Steve Turner.

A best-selling collection of whacky, fun and thought-provoking poetry for children

The second hilarious poetry collection from the author of The Day I Fell Down the Toilet

This selection of the best of the material produced by the performance poet since the mid 1970s is designed to appeal to a broad range of readers of all ages. It contains a variety of fun and reflective verse on a wide range of subjects from love and death to daydreams.

What does our faith have to say about film? Music? Art? Fashion? Comedy? Or all the rest of popular culture?How can the Ancient of Days possibly keep up with modern culture? What does the Bible have to say about the Beatles?But God knows everything there is to know about them: the Beatles made Revolver, but God made the Beatles.He shows us that understanding what drives pop culture is crucial for the church. It will help us relate to the stories, the poetry, the idolatry of our times - and so to speak powerfully to our culture's hopes and fears.Even more, it can strengthen our faith - reminding us of forgotten truths, challenging our assumptions and forging connections with the world around us.

Can Christian artists tough it out in the real world? Or can Christian art only survive when unchallenged, in the cordoned off enclave of the Christian subculture? If our music, writing, theatre, painting, artistic expression is insipid and uninspiring, how great is the God who allows it to represent him? How exciting is the life that seems to prefer drabness to colour, shallowness to complexity, security to risk?The world of the arts and media is where ideas are rehearsed and values are tested. And yet the Christian presence in that world is insignificant, and the church has not always been supportive. Are we fearful of opening ourselves to its influence, or are Christian artists too often swallowed up by the world where they seek to be salt and light?Steve Turner urges us to develop ways of being out there, of thinking rigorously but christianly, of finding a voice, of achieving an integrity in our artistic expression while maintaining a true spiritual integrity. Only then can our art naturally and inevitably speak of the hope that we have.