David Attenborough’s ‘Kingdom’ – 4 Crowns 1 King
Episode 1’s title, ‘Four Crowns, One King,’ is a gift for preachers, and Paul, the minister at Cheddar Baptist, pounced as any hungry predator would. Amongst the various theological points, he pointed out that the studio floor was no doubt awash with unused, edited out, material. Five years of filming, submitted to the editorial team. The final version broadcast contains only the footage that f its the narrative ; the rest was discarded, never to be seen. A process, as writers, we know all too well. Writing has its solitary side, but once the pen is down, a whole team of editors goes to work. Beta readers, Grammarly, structural and line editors, re-drafting…eventually something emerges that fits the narrative , the rest lies in the bin. My apologies to Paul, but the rest of his sermon suffered from my editorial mind, which had drifted to an ‘Aha!’ moment. God is our editor. If we have submitted our lives to Christ and if we are His workmanship, His letter, and His poem, we have submit...
