April 8, 2013/
We cannot continue to wantonly share in social media and email chains poorly researched, carelessly assembled and erroneously propagated "news." The good news...
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April 3, 2013/
The inner workings of the Federal Reserve Bank are a mystery to most. This is not an attempt to explore those depths, but...
March 30, 2013/
Planned Parenthood has worked tirelessly to ensure the long term viability of abortion-on-demand in America. With a mantra of “between a woman and...
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March 25, 2013/
In response to a question at the recent Starbucks corporation shareholders meeting, CEO Howard Schultz reiterated his and the company’s support for workplace...
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March 20, 2013/
This brief, well done sketch sums up nicely the thinking on Capitol Hill regarding our debt problems, including who is responsible to pay...
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March 11, 2013/
A version of this was first posted as a Facebook note in 2009. Nothing in this post should be construed as medical or...
March 7, 2013/
Let’s make this short and sweet. For around 13 hours yesterday and into this morning, Kentucky senator Rand Paul (R) conducted a filibuster...
February 15, 2013/
Overnight in the U.S. was daytime in parts of Russia. The first video below, from Chelyabinsk, Russia, shows a meteor shooting an arc...
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February 12, 2013/
It appears two granddaughters of Westboro patriarch Fred Phelps have left the fold. Megan and Grace Phelps-Roper, daughters of Shirley Phelps-Roper, have reportedly...
February 9, 2013/
From The Atlantic: Obama unaccountable when drones kill innocents Set aside the question of whether President Obama should be empowered to order the...
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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.