My friend Kelsey gifted this book to me for my last birthday. It was a page-turning, midnight-oil kind of read. The story of a young girl orphaned in Nazi Germany and taken in by a foster family. Her soft-hearted foster father teaches her to read with the first book she stole, the grave-digger’s hand guide [...]
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Did you know that in Canada, ISBNs are issued for free? I didn’t. The Canadian ISBN Service, overseen by Library and Archives Canada, distributes ISBNs in packages of ten, and whether you’re an established publisher, a start up, or a self-publisher, you are issued your own ISBN prefix, a process I finalized last week. Now [...]
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A common question I ask and am encountered with when I talk with others about issues of global justice is, “What do I do?” I decided one thing I could do to answer that Q is to put together an annotated list of organizations, causes, resources, and other justice-related work that I think worthwhile and [...]
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Stephen R. Neufeld (pictured here with son Behailu) is a high school English teacher, writer, and friend. We’ve compared notes over the years and had many a conversation about all things writing. I’ve had the unique privilege, as well, of working with him creatively (E for Everyone: The Mouse and the Elephant), exchanging ideas, and [...]
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Don’t worry. It’s not an exhaustive list. We do not have space enough or time. You ever read something and feel like everything you know or knew just doesn’t cut it? I’m motivated by a line from one of the best book’s I’ve read, during an arc in the narrative that cut through my flesh [...]
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Art & Soul: Signposts for Christians in the Arts, gifted to me from my friend, fellow writer, and poet Linda Siebenga. Gilead, a re-read, because I must! For me the best American novel I’ve ever read. LIFE.CHANGING
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Read this book, please do! N.T. Wright’s Surprised by Hope is a must read. My first experience reading Wright (though I’ve gifted his books before), it was also my first experience reading a book electronically (on Amazon’s Kindle App for iPod Touch). And I expect, on both fronts, it won’t be my last. The book [...]
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I’ve started to make my own books from scratch. I have a ways to go before I perfect the craft, but it’s something I’m enjoying. It starts, as most good things do, with a whole lot of coffee. Tubs of it, in fact. Kona blends, espresso, caramel infused brew to steep pages of paper. Clothes [...]
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Interview: Bryan + Katie Torwalt, "Here on Earth"
Andrew's TEDx talk, "Considering Danger"
Interview: Kidnap Survivor and Inspiring Humanitarian Amanda Lindhout
If God Had A Facebook Account, What Would He Write on Your Wall?
Mephiboseth, a short story by Andrew Kooman
If Rudyard Kipling had Fridge Magnets
Chasing Tradition: Herbert's "Altar"
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