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October 8, 2012/
In October of 2008 the Focus on the Family organization published the “Letter from 2012 in Obama’s America.” As you might imagine it...
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October 5, 2012/
My friend Joel Rainey recently returned from a trip to Turkey. Joel has been a pastor and church planter, is an author, blogger,...
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October 2, 2012/
For no particular reason I have never been a fan of rap or hip-hop, but last week I was drawn into that genre....
October 2, 2012/
A week or so ago results from a recent in-depth investigative report on America’s drone war were released. Despite horrid reviews for President...
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September 25, 2012/
It seems as I grow older issues of justice and injustice occupy more of my thoughts. A recent phone conversation reminded me the...
September 18, 2012/
Often argued as evidence that the system of government support is failing is homeless people who have cell phones. I have seen memes...
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September 18, 2012/
There is a lot of talk these days about injustice, even reminders of God’s command in Micah 5:8 to “do justice.” I have...
September 10, 2012/
Last week Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke announced a positive outlook for yet another round of quantitative easing (commonly abbreviated QE3 since it...
September 5, 2012/
This second in the “I Am Voting for…” series features support for Republican nominee, former Governor Mitt Romney. Writing in support of Romney...
September 4, 2012/
With the close of the Republican National Convention and the opening of the Democratic National Convention this week the attention of the electorate...
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.