Hi there, fellow iMonks. Your friendly, neighborhood publisher here, wishing you well on this Monday, the first Monday in October. Things are rather, well, less normal than usual here at the iMonastery today. That’s because Chaplain Mike has gone and left us. Okay, he’s only gone for a month, but I already miss that bigContinue reading “What To Expect”
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Saturday Ramblings 10.1.11
October? It’s October already? Spring Training just ended, didn’t it? What happened to my beloved Reds? What? Really? Sigh…ok…welcome to the Cincinnati Reds-less baseball playoffs edition of Saturday Ramblings. Grab your mitt and get ready to ramble. Oh my. Not only is it the baseball postseason, it is the wackiness known as presidential campaign time.Continue reading “Saturday Ramblings 10.1.11”
My Secret Place
Dear Chaplain Mike, I am really excited for your sabbatical, though the thought of filling your shoes, even for a month, is rather daunting. I will do my best not to drive away too many readers in your absence. And I am really excited you can spend a week on retreat at once of myContinue reading “My Secret Place”
A Call For Revolution
It was their sixth annual show, billed as Fight Night VI. The card featured twelve fights, each one three rounds, with each round lasting only one minute. Fighters wore sixteen ounce gloves, but also headgear. The referee had officiated many amateur bouts before. And at the end of this Wednesday night circus event at aContinue reading “A Call For Revolution”
Saturday Ramblings 9.24.11
I feel like a kid in a candy shop. This week’s cornucopia of stories is perhaps the best ever. I’m serious that I cannot make this stuff up. Alert iMonk readers sent me emails this week with many of these stories, and I am so thankful. We have unisex squid, cowboy monks, a money-saving web site calledContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings 9.24.11”
Difficult Scriptures: Mark 8:35
Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to saving yourself, your true self (Mark 8:35, The Message). There are times I like a verse or passage from The Message better than any other translation, and this is one of them. You may be more familiar with the way most other BiblesContinue reading “Difficult Scriptures: Mark 8:35”
Another Look: Selling Jesus By The Pound
Chaplain Mike wrote earlier this week about the demise of Borders and how the Christian Booksellers Association says their member stores need to fill the gap. I have worked in Christian publishing for a number of years. I know the ins and outs fairly well of this field, so I feel I have the rightContinue reading “Another Look: Selling Jesus By The Pound”
Saturday Ramblings 9.17.11
As it does most weeks, Saturday has once more arrived here at the iMonastery. We work very hard all week long. So hard, in fact, that we need one day just to sweep up. The broom gathers stories we just didn’t have time to comment on throughout the rest of the week, and before weContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings 9.17.11”
Saturday Ramblings 9.10.11
This has been a busy week here at the iMonastery. We have gotten ourselves into no end of trouble, but that is not unusual for the iMonks. In doing so—as usual—we have missed out on some, er, interesting news stories. Now is our chance to catch up on the week’s fun and games. Join us,Continue reading “Saturday Ramblings 9.10.11”
How 9/11 Changed Me
In September of 2001 I was working for a Christian book publisher in Tulsa as editorial director of a brand new imprint. We were all very busy with our first list—our first books published under the new name. There were 350 employees total working for this publisher, and many would gather on the ground floorContinue reading “How 9/11 Changed Me”
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