Help us turn Kristin Jack's epic novel, Fire and Faith, into an audiobook!

In December 2023, Kristin Jack published his literary masterpiece Fire and Faith. The next day, he lost his battle with cancer. In many ways, the book feels like Kristin's parting gift to the world. It tells the story of Sebastian Castellio, a brilliant sixteenth century theologian and ethicist, whose calls for religious tolerance and dialogue sparked a violent backlash from his one-time colleague and friend, the renowned Protestant Reformer John Calvin.

As numerous readers have noted, Fire and Faith covers themes that are urgently relevant to the challenges we face today. In our increasingly polarized world, Fire and Faith points us back to the humble, compassionate, nonviolent way of Jesus ... which Castellio embodied so well. This is why we're keen to see Fire and Faith turned into an audiobook. We want more people to discover Kristin Jack's brilliant novel and be inspired by Castellio's life.

Audiobook production has begun! Meet the narrator.

Fire and Faith is not an easy book to narrate. The novel has dozens of characters with speaking parts, plus several French and German words throughout the manuscript. Thankfully, after an exhaustive search, we've found someone capable of pulling off this feat. Keith Higinbotham is a UK-based audiobook narrator who also works as an accent / dialect coach to TV actors. Keith even starred in a recent Audible TV commercial. You can listen to some of Keith's demo recordings here (be sure to scroll down to the audiobook section).

The recording process has already begun, and we anticipate completion in late August or early September 2024, with the audiobook being available online soon after. It's not cheap to record, edit and master the audio files for such a long novel. Which is why we need your help!

Help us raise $4,000 USD in order to fully fund the audiobook production of Fire and Faith.

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