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Twenty-Five Books That Shaped America’s Faith, Part 3
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Kris Rasmussen
It’s time to continue my list, my rants, my reflections about spiritual books that have shaped America’s faith. This week the list will take me over the half way point. This section of the list has some surprises, and has more fiction than the past two installments. As always, let me know if you agree…
Wendell Berry and Matthew Paul Turner Books for Free!
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Kris Rasmussen
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…
Chris Seay on Storytelling and Our Lives
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Kris Rasmussen
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.
What’s Next For Stockett After ‘The Help’
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Kris Rasmussen
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…
Facebook Gets into Book Publishing – Maybe
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Kris Rasmussen
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…
Revisiting ‘Angry Conversations With God’
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Kris Rasmussen
A couple of years have passed since I read the painful yet laugh-out-loud memoir “Angry Conversations With God.” Written by talented actress Susan Isaacs, it chronicled her struggles with God and framed those struggles in the context of marriage counseling. This week I have been hanging out with Susan in a workshop and have had fun discussing…
This Week’s Giveaway: A Subscription to Image Journal
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Kris Rasmussen
I am at one of my favorite places on earth, The Glen Workshop West in Santa Fe. This is my third year of schmoozing with authors and other aspiring writers such as myself. If you want to hang out with “Girl Meets God” author Lauren Winner or illustrator Barry Moser, this is the place. While…
Boy Publishes Book – And He’s Only Seven!
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Kris Rasmussen
I needed a bit of old-fashioned , feel good inspiration today to break me out of a cynical mindset brought on by deadlines and travels plans gone awry. This story about seven-year-old Evan Moss was just the story I needed to stop grumbling for a moment. He as just written his first book “My Seizure…
‘Delicate Machinery Suspended’:The Inner Workings of the Human Heart
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Kris Rasmussen
I have hit a poetry phase in my life in the last few months. I have been discovering many poets who are challenging me and inspiring me in a way other work is not. Certainly one of them is Anne Doe Overstreet. I think Anne – who is married to that other Overstreet I have recently…
‘Night Circus’: Will Harry Potter Fans Love It?
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Kris Rasmussen
Yes, speculation has been rampant for some time on who is going to fill the gap left by Harry Potter now that the final movie installment is out. Well the frontrunner seems to be Erin Morgenstern’s “Night Circus”. It debuts this fall and Hollywood is already circling around it with dollar signs in their eyes.…
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