But for the practical realities of life, chartered accountant, Milton Maye, would be giving full-time service to the business of religious ministry.

For the time being, however, he’s content with his role in the promulgation of a brand of religious tourism that will see his first major literary work – The People’s Proverbs Bible – coming into its own.

The limited edition of the leather bound version represents Maye’s attempt to put a contemporary spin on the world’s best seller of all times.

Born September 15, 1971 in the parish of Hanover to Linette and Castell Maye, a preacher, the young Maye attended the Green Island Primary School and Rusea’s High. Although he grew up under a strong Christian influence, it wasn’t until he left home as a teenager to work with the Sandals resort in Ocho Rios that he decided to make a commitment to the faith he today professes with such pride.

The commitment followed on his third cover-to-cover reading of the Bible.

“I became convinced about the truth having read through the stuff myself. looking at the principles and character of God through the Bible. Having gone through the Bible it’s harder not to believe than to believe because you are faced with facts that you just have to accept,” he told the Observer West.

When he’s not ministering, Maye, who is celebrating 0 years of marriage with wife, Lorraine and their three children, works as an accounting consultant to several organisations. Lorraine, a trained teacher, assists him in the business.

Written, Maye says, from “the heart” the People’s Proverbs Bible is not meant to be a scholastic translation of the scriptures.

“It is a translation in the language of the heart… it is contemporary. The full volume will be out in a year or two,” he said.

Replete with poetic summaries which comprise Maye’s favourite aspects of the work, the People’s Proverbs Bible has already inspired a significant following in church circles. And Maye hopes the book will be a hit with the younger generation when sales gain momentum.

“The kids love it… this book will help with the whole area of spiritual education and religious tourism,” he said.