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Blog postHere's a good post from the ladies at Orthogals about Tortured Love.
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Blog postHere's a humor article I wrote that The Onion Dome published called "Rules for Dating Our Orthodox Son."
For those of you who don't know, The Onion Dome's intent is satire / parody for Orthodox Christians who like humorous writing on religion, so it's not meant to be serious. -
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Blog postHere's an excerpt from a New York Times story on Mormon women: The block of ice cream was melting fast. Jessica Sagers, who returned from her mission last year fluent in Korean, worked quickly with her date, using a knife and a melon baller to sculpture the slab of vanilla into something that resembled a skull. In a room carpeted with plastic tarps at Brigham Young University, male-female pairs chiseled away, then scooped their artwork into bowls to make sundaes topped with candy.
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Blog postIt sure has been a long time since I posted anything here. Some important elements of life have intervened, specifically a new baby who decided to arrive quite early. You can read all you want about that at the blog we created for Gabriel John's long hospital stay. Or, if you're feeling more visual, here's a photo montage of the process.
What's inspired me to write today is that I've discovered that the Oxford English Dictionary now has an entry for the term "friend zone." -
Blog postHey everybody! I have gotten a new article, The Shy Single Christian's Guide to Coffee Hour published on the Boundless Webzine. I am really excited about this! Forward it to all your friends, tell them to buy my book!
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Blog postHere's a link to a fictional short story in the Kenyon Review entitled "Esther Donnaly" by Ron Carlson. It's about a married couple putting things back together. It cheered me up. It's not quite the same topic area as what I've been writing, but I feel that professional courtesy requires me to call out good writing when I see it.
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Blog postI got interviewed about my book on Come Receive the Light, a program on the Orthodox Christian Network. My interview is the second half of this particular segment. It went pretty well, although Skype proved to be a pretty fickle medium.
I've also sent my book to Google Books, which will make 20 percent of the book available for reading as a sample.
I'm still looking for speaking opportunities. Promoting a first book is harder than it looks! Thanks for all your support! -
Blog postI got interviewed on Ancient Faith Radio, an Internet radio station! Check it out!
Let me know if you're going to a youth conference over spring break or something (especially in the West). I'd love to write the organizers and come speak. -
Blog postHere's a link to an interview with me about my book, Heaven Help the Single Christian:
http://byztex.blogspot.com/2011/01/interview-with-author-of-heaven-help.html#more
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Blog postWith the help of many friends, I have made a promotional video for Heaven Help the Single Christian! Please tell all of your friends. And, maybe a few enemies, too. :-)
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Blog postHere's a humor article I wrote for "19th Century Russia," an Orthodox Christian humor blog. It's managed by my friend Brigid Strait. The article is satirical, and it's four stories of broken romance.
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Blog postBeing Christians, we have the dual life of having the heavenly experience of worshiping God, and of living in – and ministering to – a world that's not very interested in worshiping God. This contradiction we live is especially pronounced for Christian singles: we live in a culture that encourages us to wait to marry until we've experienced education, work and love. We’re also encouraged to above all be true to ourselves, which makes us look strange when we cite religion as a reason we cannot do
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Blog postI am delighted to report that I've scored a publishing deal with Regina Orthodox Press. The blog that has been known as "Orthromance" has become a book titled "Heaven Help the Single Christian: Your (Practical) Guide to Navigating Church as You Search for a Godly Mate."
I'm going to be blogging more regularly now, and this blog's purpose will be to promote the book, which is now available for purchase! Whoo hoo!
My tasks over the next few months is t
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Heaven Help the Single Christian: Your (Practical) Guide to Navigating Church as You Search for a Godly Mate
Feb 16, 2011
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