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May 21: It’s the End of the World As We Know It. Again.
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Jana Riess
Well, I’m going to be a little snarky here and hazard a prediction that the world will not really end on Saturday. Or even that the rapture will occur, taking 3% of the world’s population now before the world really ends on October 22. Those are the cheery teachings of fundamentalist radio host Harold Camping.…
Lauren Winner on Why She Is A Christian
By
Jana Riess
As we continue our Thursday Spirituality series for the month of May, we draw another excerpt from Allan Cole’s newly published book A Spiritual Life. This comes from my friend Lauren Winner, who is asked all the time why she converted in her 20s from Orthodox Judaism to Anglican Christianity. People who read her books…
So You Want to Be a Mormon Novelist?
By
Jana Riess
I recently wrote an essay, posted today at the Association of Mormon Letters website, about whether it’s more difficult for Mormon novelists to get published than it might be for other authors. I argue that it most certainly is. (Note that this is about Mormons who want to write commercial, Mormon-themed fiction for Mormon audiences,…
The Bible in Legos!
By
Jana Riess
This past Sunday I spoke about the Twible project at an Episcopal church, with a Power Point presentation that drew heavily on images from The Brick Testament. And you thought the Twible was a quixotic project . . . ha! The Brick Testament is one man’s decade-long project to tell the entire story of the…
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