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If you have a few articles in print and a book proposal ready, I recommend going to a writers conference to meet face-to-face with editors and agents. For the past forty-four years Mount Hermon, near Santa Cruz, has created a lab for writers at every level. This year, as usual, ...
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My grad student Andrea Hitefield is doing an independent study in writing creative non-fiction. One of her assignments: vet and compile a list of resources for writers interested in pursuing this topic. Here's her list: Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers’ Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University. Edited by ...
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The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity sends out a listing of top bioethics stories for the week. Some interesting stuff here:Better prenatal testing does not mean more abortionBetween 70 and 85 percent of women in the U.S. confronted with a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome choose abortion but ...
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When asked about the US clergy housing allowance policy, which excludes organizationally approved housing expenses from a minister’s taxable income, 93 percent of evangelical leaders said that the policy is fair, according to the January Evangelical Leaders Survey.“While some may question whether ministers should get a tax break on their ...
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Our beloved Prof has gone home. Please keep his family in your prayers. My first pastor after I became a Christian, Marlin Hardman, served at Barcroft Bible Church, one block from my house in Arlington, Virginia. And Pastor Hardman led Prof's dad to Christ on a metro DC bus, as ...
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Today was my day to post over at Tapestry. Here's what I wrote: A class I teach includes an overview of women in church history. In addition to reading accounts of women martyrs, students watch the film “Iron Jawed Angels.” Most people don’t realize that Alice Paul, a key ...
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Royal room inside King Herod's tomb.Jerusalem's Israel Museum, the largest cultural institution in Israel, unveiled a new exhibition this week detailing the life and legacy of King Herod the Great, featuring hundreds of ancient artifacts on public display for the first time ever, on display through October 5, 2013.The new ...
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Today I'm featuring guest columnist Mary DeMuth, who has a wonderful new book out:I’ve been cooking all my life. When friends ask me how I learned, I tell them the story of living essentially alone as a seventh and eighth grader. My mom attended school late, and my stepfather worked ...
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Hope for couples with unexplained infertilityA new test for male infertility (SpermComet) identifies DNA damage as the cause of many instances of unexplained infertility. Small breaks in the sperm’s DNA might contribute to lower pregnancy rates following IVF. A number of factors may cause damage, including poor diet and smoking. ...
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Instead of looking for some acknowledgement that you are loved today (flowers, candy, cards, calls, steak, jewelry), ask yourself: to whom can I show love? Who especially needs love today? Start with your family and move to your world. "God is love" and "love is of God." ...