December 30, 2015/
Ordinary Injustice is a profoundly insightful and disturbing book. It is will worth adding to your 2016 reading list.
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December 23, 2015/
Everyone you would hope to see makes an appearance, and Jar Jar Binks has apparently gone on to his reward. And all God's...
December 22, 2015/
The impact of Hillsong's Silent Night was immediate, and, on my social media without exception, negative.
December 18, 2015/
My friend Jeff Collins calls it the best cover ever. I'm not ready to go that far, but Disturbed forced me to hear...
December 2, 2015/
And, I'm reminded--excepting a divine extraction or being chosen to colonize Mars--I will return to this planet. Dust to dust.
November 25, 2015/
The words of the treaty required the Powhatan Indians to pay a tribute of 20 beaver pelts to the colonial government yearly. In...
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November 12, 2015/
It barely marks the difference between preemie diapers and "big boy" pants since the content is the same, only the volume differs.
November 5, 2015/
How can churches be salt and light in the community of teaching professionals who live and work in the church's immediate context?
October 7, 2015/
Presidents have become comfortable attaching "God" to their speeches, but rarely if ever has more sound theology been included.
October 1, 2015/
Just keep in mind: when Bill Nye uses his celebrity to promote political or cultural agendas, it isn't science, guy.
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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.
I’m a longtime blogger at Kingdom in the Midst, where, over the course of many years, I’ve written a lot of words.