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April 30, 2014/
The days of unbiased news reporting are over if they ever existed. Co-mingling the story with editorial opinion are now we receive news...
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April 21, 2014/
When a pastor kills himself there is always speculation about secret sins (addictions, affairs, and the like), but I suspect--absent later revelations--the enormous...
April 4, 2014/
I personally am not a grammar cop, nor do I play one on TV, but I have a lot of friends who proudly...
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April 1, 2014/
Primarily I hope to contrast the major storyline departures of the movie with the Noah narrative in the Old Testament and references in...
March 14, 2014/
This is what I have discovered: there is no single best era for music. There is great music--not just good music--in every era.
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February 11, 2014/
The algorithms behind Facebook search, Facebook newsfeed, Google, Bing, etc, pre-filter our results based on what we like.
February 4, 2014/
I am unsure adequate counseling exists to ready a man and woman for the merger that is marriage.
January 31, 2014/
I am not so much concerned with whether Obamacare is the best manifestation of Universal Healthcare, or whether the website works, or whether...
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January 8, 2014/
If you sit down to lunch at your favorite restaurant and notice a bunch of wiggly white critters exploring your spaghetti will you...
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January 4, 2014/
A man who is willing to undertake the discipline and the difficulty of mending his own ways is worth more to the conservation...
About Me
Hi, I'm Marty Duren
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.