Pray for Dave Black and Team
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For more information see the notice on The Jesus Paradigm web site.
This is a reminder of upcoming events: Our blogging/essay contest. Discussion of this has been light so far, which surprises me, since we’re offering a $25 B&N gift card as part of first prize, and who wouldn’t want one of those? In addition, it’s a contest for doing what many of you do anyhow-blogging! The…
Update: It might be useful to provide the links! The Google+ announcement for this event is Social Justice: Good or Bad?. The YouTube viewer is embedded below. We’ve lined up a hangout discussion tonight that is more controversial than most as Energion authors Elgin Hushbeck, Jr. (What Is Wrong with Social Justice, Preserving Democracy) discusses…
Thomas Hudgins provides a thorough review of Dave Black’s new book. He says, “Coming from someone who has bought a lot of books over the years, I’m always appreciative when I can find one that costs very little but challenges my heart greatly.” I would add that the quantity discounts are very good. Check them…
Brian McLaren links to some good advice for writers from Margaret Feinberg. To the “write, write, write” and get good criticism let me add: Listen to criticism self-critically, but use your own judgment. I’m an editor and I have accepted things other editors hated. Editors are human too; we have our likes and dislikes.
Joel Watts, at Unsettled Christianity, has posted a very nice interview with Energion author and editor Allan R. Bevere. A great deal of the interview centers around Allan’s book The Politics of Witness. A good takeaway: In the end, what matters most for the world is not who is in the White House and which…
One characteristic I like in manuscripts is a strong element of personal experience. Today I wrote a devotional on the unbelievable stories the disciples told of the resurrection, and how they call us to stand up, be transformed, and transform the world. I wanted to call attention to something that got me started in focusing…