Christian publishing

What Book Publishers Want Most, But Can’t Have

Jul
07
2010

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A continuation of the conversation I started with yesterday’s My New Book Has Taken Over My Head. Here are a few random thoughts floating through my head as I take a break this morning from working on my new book: What kind of stupid business am I in, anyway? Giving your book to an agent, so [...]

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My New Book Has Taken Over My Head

Jul
06
2010

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What I should do is kill this blog. It’s about my only hope for finishing the book I’m now writing, which is so important to me I can’t think about anything else anyway. Then again, stop blogging? Nayeth! I sayeth unto your eyeballs. The working title of my new book is All In … Almost: [...]

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“Penguins,” My “Blasphemous” Christian Book, Finally Returns Home

Feb
05
2010

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My first book, “Penguins, Pain and the Whole Shebang: Why I Do the Things I Do, by God” (as told to John Shore), is the only thing I’ve ever written that I think is perfect. (You never feel that way about anything you write–-especially years later.) The story of that book is so unbelievable that [...]

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“Penguins, Pain and the Whole Shebang” Sold to Korean Publisher

Mar
16
2008

One minute you’re staring vacantly at your computer fleetingly wondering how long it’s been since you blinked, and the next you’re reading an email from your agent telling you that a Korean publisher has made an offer on one of your books. That’s what I’m happy to say happened to me, anyway. My book “Penguins, Pain and the [...]

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Christian Issues

The Best Case For the Bible NOT Condemning Homosexuality

Apr
02
2012

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No Christian has to choose between their compassion and their faith in the Bible.

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Relationships

Joseph to Mary: “Who could believe such a thing?”

Dec
16
2011

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A conversation between Mary and Joseph the night before Jesus was born.

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Christian Spirituality

What Jesus Left Out of The Great Commandment

Oct
31
2011

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Here’s what Jesus left out of the Great Commandment—and why.

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Humor

Worst Trucking Slogan EVER

Oct
08
2010

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Truck drivers are so weird.

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Pastor Bob's Corner

A Primer on Islam: The Basics (Lesson 1 of 6)

Sep
30
2011

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Hi. I’m Pastor Bob. This is the first lesson of a multi-week class on Islam I taught for a large gathering of folks from multiple congregations: Lutherans, Presbyterians, Methodists, Catholics, recovering agnostics, etc.

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Personal

When Etta James had her way with me

Jan
23
2012

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Right there, in front of all sixteen of us, Etta James became Etta James.

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