Reclaiming the Word “Reclaiming”

By Ted Kluck


Gut Check Press recently released a book gently lampooning its own young, reformed culture. One of the things that my culture loves is “reclaiming” things. For some reason it’s important for young Calvinists to let the world know that we’re always in the process of “reclaiming” things like the arts, the city, manhood, sex, parenting, sports, vocation, marriage, and adoption. The list goes on and on.

To add “reclaiming” to a book title is pretty much solid gold in terms of book sales. And because I’m part owner of the Gut Check Empire, and of course have a stake in my own books, I wondered if it would be too late to “reclaim” some of those book titles? Here they are – let us know what you think, and let us know what you’ll be “reclaiming.”

Old Title: Saucy Broad: A Culinary Manifesto of Hope
New Title: Reclaiming Your Kitchen: A Treatise on Hope, Mission, and Salad

Old Title: Facing Tyson: Fifteen Fighters, Fifteen Stories
New Title: Reclaiming Mike Tyson: Ecclesiology, Soteriology, and the Willie Bag Situation; A Love Letter to Boxing

Old Title: Younger, Restlesser, Reformeder: A Good Natured Roast
New Title: Reclaiming the Process of Reclaiming: Be Sure and Catch My Talk at T4G and if You Miss It There You Can Hear It At The Gospel Coalition or NEXT.