
Beth Duren Lancaster has been interested in political conversation since a very early age. At the tender age of 15 or 16 she...

Beth Duren Lancaster has been interested in political conversation since a very early age. At the tender age of 15 or 16 she...

This second in the “I Am Voting for…” series features support for Republican nominee, former Governor Mitt Romney. Writing in support of Romney...

A story this afternoon on Lifenews.com purported to show two different faces of today’s Planned Parenthood rally at the Democratic National Convention in...
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Just a decade ago, Stephen Spielberg unleashed on cinematic audiences a dystopian future of fear, prediction and the authoritarian state. Minority Report told...

With the close of the Republican National Convention and the opening of the Democratic National Convention this week the attention of the electorate...

Recently the FIRE Church in Concord, NC, was to the be object of a protest by a local LGBT group. The protest, however,...
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Welcome to the conclusion of my book, The Generous Soul. If you are late to this project you can find all the preceding...
Did Neil Armstrong, space explorer, test pilot, fighter pilot, professor, engineer and self proclaimed “nerd” die at 3:03pm on August 25, 2012? Not...
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I am blessed to have a number of thoughtful and reflective friends who blog. Perhaps I should also mention very smart. Among them...
Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church, has cancelled the planned civil forum with President Barack Obama and presumed Republican nominee Mitt Romney. This...
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.
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