Up for grabs is a group of ten (10) leadership books to keep or give to leaders around you. Most of these are...
Up for grabs is a group of ten (10) leadership books to keep or give to leaders around you. Most of these are...
I’m not sure what the literary equivalent of disruptive technology is, but When Helping Hurts: Alleviating Poverty Without Hurting the Poor. . .and...
This is the last part of my interview with Travesty in Haiti: A true account of Christian missions, orphanages, fraud, food aid and...
This is the second part of the interview with Travesty in Haiti: A true account of Christian missions, orphanages, fraud, food aid and...
Last week I published a review of Travesty in Haiti: A true account of Christian missions, orphanages, fraud, food aid and drug trafficking...
When I returned from Haiti on February 8, the first thing I started doing was looking for books that could help make sense...
Loretta Napoleoni gave the following talk at TED last summer. Napoleoni, a macroeconomist whose introduction to terrorism and money came through interviewing the...
January 25, 2010—Near-death experiences have long been a fascinating phenomenon, prompting more questions than answers. According to a Gallup poll, between 8 to...
[A necessary disclaimer: I did not vote for either Obama or McCain in November. My preference was not to choose between the lesser...

A lost segment of American history is revealed by Pulitzer winner Doug Blackmon.
I’m Marty Duren, a freelance writer, content creator, podcaster, and publisher in Nashville, TN. I guess that makes me an entrepreneur-of-all-trades. Formerly a social media strategist at a larger publisher, comms director at a religious nonprofit, and a pastor, Marty Duren Freelance Writing is the new business iteration of a decade-long side-hustle.
I host the Uncommontary Podcast which publishes weekly. Guests range from academics to authors to theologians to activists on subjects related to history, current events, and the impact of evangelicalism on American life. My voice is deep-fried giving rise to being labeled “a country Batman.” Find Uncommontary in your favorite podcast app.
Missional Press publishes books by Christian writers with the goal of impacting people with the good news of Jesus.
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