Chapter 2, question 4 The main apologetic I read was Mere Christianity by CS Lewis. It made me cry and affected me a lot when I first read it. Later, I read a critique saying that apologetics are to make you believe. Faith needs no apology. So, I am conflicted about it. When Lewis says,… Read More
Pam Answers McLaren 3
This is one of a series of blogs in which I respond to some of the questions asked by Brian McLaren in his book Faith After Doubt. The book spoke to me deeply since I am living through a dark night. Heads up: my answers are personal and unfiltered. They may make you mad or… Read More
Pam Answers McLaren 2
This is one of a series of blogs in which I respond to some of the questions asked by Brian McLaren in his book Faith After Doubt. The book spoke to me deeply since I am living through a dark night. Heads up: my answers are personal and unfiltered. They may make you mad or… Read More
Pam Answers McLaren 1
Pam Answers McLaren 1 This is one of a series of blogs in which I respond to some of the questions asked by Brian McLaren in his book Faith After Doubt. The book spoke to me deeply since I am living through a dark night. Heads up: my answers are personal and unfiltered. They may… Read More
Odile Crosses the Pond (not Swan Lake)
Odile Travers’ name comes from St. Odile of Alsace, not the character from Swan Lake. St. Odile was born blind but got her sight when she was baptized. I think that’s a metaphor for what happens to many of us when we “find” God, and our eyes seem to be opened for the first time.… Read More
Which One Grabs You?
Here are two cover designs for my next book, The Blindness of Odile, a novel of transformation set in Cambridge, England in 1970. If you saw both in a thumbnail on Amazon, would you be attracted to either of them? If so, which one? You can comment below or send me an email at info@GreenandPurplePublishing.com.… Read More
Pray for the World Is Back—in new dress
Take a look at the new cover of Pray for the World. The original cover from 2018, based on a painting by my friend and mentor Shelley Hitz, we designed ourselves. This year, we decided to spring for a new one designed by Pixel Studio. It’s brighter and sends a clearer message about the book,… Read More
Meet Magdalena, Jesus’ Wife
Announcing the release of Magdalena’s Demons, a mystical romance, based loosely on New Testament scripture, in which you get to know Magdalena, disciple, lover, and wife of Jesus of Nazareth, who led the early church along with the master. How did she relate to the male disciples who saw her as a threat? How did… Read More
The Fun of New Covers
When we started on our self-publishing hobby, we tried to design our own book covers (Pray for the World, Jesus in Jeans Journal), or we used the cover design tool at Kindle Direct Publishing (A Doubter’s Devotional 1 & 2). They were serviceable but not exciting. Now that we’ve been locked in for a year,… Read More
Subtitle Blues
My new novel, Magdalena’s Demons, is coming soon. Unlike nonfiction books, which often have subtitles, a novel doesn’t need one. It’s pretty common, though, to see book covers that say “a novel” after the title. I did some research, and apparently this moniker is called a “reading line,” not a subtitle. Its purpose is controversial,… Read More
