Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church, has cancelled the planned civil forum with President Barack Obama and presumed Republican nominee Mitt Romney. This...
Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church, has cancelled the planned civil forum with President Barack Obama and presumed Republican nominee Mitt Romney. This...
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Several months ago I started on a journey to give away my book a chapter at a time. This is still in the...

While you were crawling out from under that rock Missouri representative Todd Akin was busy crawling under it. In a recent interview, in...
I have been blogging for nearly 9 years, and truly enjoy the medium. It has provided a way for me to engage others,...

The current wisdom on having team meetings (staff meetings) is generally dependent on the timeframe of current. Thoughts in 2012 different than in...

Amazon.com has long been on of my favorite websites. We order books, pet supplements, Christmas presents and download music with regularity. One unique...

A friend of mine asked, “Have you seen the commercials about GM’s “record year” and heard Obama bragging about what a great success...
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Have you heard about Trapwire? Do not feel bad if it has escaped your attention. Chances are very good it has not been...
Dear presidential candidates: Barack Obama, the Democratic incumbent, Mitt Romney, presumptive Republican nominee, and Gary Johnson, Libertarian presidential candidate. It is my hope...

Those who never lived through the Great Depression scarce want to imagine how much worse it was than the Great Recession we are...
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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