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While in the graphics novel section of Elizabethtown Public Library, looking for something one of my girls would read, I came across The Manga Bible: From Genesis to Revelation by Siku/Akinsiku (Doubleday. 2007). ZZZAAAPPPP!! Not for my girls, but personally I couldn't resist giving it read. As Dr. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, says:

"This is a an exciting new adventure, in completely up-to-the-minute style and speech. It will convey the shock and freshness of the Bible in a unique way." 

When I opened The Manga Bible up on Wednesday evening, I couldn't put it down. I read about the first half.

 JOLT! WHOOSH!!

On Thursday morning I read The Rhyme Bible Storybook for Toddlers (Linda Sattgast. Zondervan. 2000) with my two younger children. We read the whole book, with Jesus' birth being an ideal transition from the table to the caring of their babies (i.e., baby dolls). I remember when it was hard enough to finish one chapter in over The Rhyme Bible Storybook for Toddlers breakfast; now it's a challenge not to break up the rhyme and rhythm by filling in the details. Praise God! 

So it was back to The Manga Bible for a Thursday morning Quiet Time which seemed all but quiet with the whirl of Siku's art and Akin's gift of storytelling. Come back over the course of the next several days for some thoughts on The Manga Bible.