I first met Bekah Stoneking when she was about eight years old. My family had accepted an opportunity to serve at a small...
I first met Bekah Stoneking when she was about eight years old. My family had accepted an opportunity to serve at a small...

In 1516, Sir Thomas More published a short book entitled, Utopia, on which titular island lived a society of complete religious, social and...

Last fall a friend of mine, Jay Sanders (who you should be reading, by the way) sent me a message that he had...
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Writing a book is either a labor of love or an exercise in self-loathing depending on who you ask. I’ve labored with this...
WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH 1984, George Orwell WIRED magazine’s April 2012 cover story, “Inside the Matrix,” is the...

Below is a list of people who are blogging from the live set of The Gospel Project web launch today. Some are live...
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Before she became a writer, Susan Cain practiced corporate law for seven years, representing clients like Goldman Sachs and General Electric. In her...
The New York City Police Department is, according to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, “seventh largest army in the world.” He states, I have my...
Chris Hedges does not seem to a name widely known or appreciated in Evangelical circles. A foreign correspondent for fifteen years, Hedges has...
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.
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