Two free downloads caught my eye over at Christian Audio  this week. One of the most prolific and spiritual poets and essayists of the last few decades, Wendell Berry, is featured for this month. You can download his book “Hannah COulter” for free. Okay I haven’t read this one, but really, I regret not being introduced…

Pastor and author Chris Seay  spoke recently at a Ted event in Houston about the importance of understanding and embracing  our individual stories. He gets bonus points from me for quoting a poem by one of my favorite poets, spoken word artist Taylor Mali.  This is a long clip, but  well worth a listen.  

With the opening of the movie “The Help” this week – a beloved book now a movie with a huge all-star cast- I began wondering what is next for author Kathryn Stockett.  After all, “The Help”  was rejected over 60 times before it was an unexpected success. Well, it seems her next book will follow…

Sure, Mark Zuckerberg keeps insisting Facebook is not trying to take over the world through social media, but today Facebook just got into the publishing biz -sort of. Facebook has acquired an ebook company, Push Pop Press. They creative interactive ebooks for iPads. Push Pop has already worked with the likes of Al Gore on…

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