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Julian of Norwich “Showings” — The New Book in My Zoom Group

September 9, 2021 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

Julian of Norwich

My Zoom Book Group Before the pandemic I started a Patreon page, and the most popular thing I did there was labeled “The Education.” For $8.33 per month (that comes out to $100 per year) you get access to an ongoing series of videos that take you into a topic or text from the history […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Theology Tagged With: Online Reading Group

Vaccinated!

April 29, 2021 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

vaccinated

Getting my 2nd Moderna vaccine! Vaccinated! I didn’t get much writing done this week. Though I did get vaccinated! No blog posts — though I did write on this week’s Gospel three years ago. You can see it by clicking here. I may still get a post up. But it’s Thursday night and I have […]

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Breathe: A Child’s Guide to Ascension, Pentecost and the Growing Time — A new book by Laura Alary

March 18, 2021 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Breathe, by Laura Alary My friend Laura Alary has a lovely new book coming out: Breathe: A Child’s Guide to Ascension, Pentecost and the Growing Time (Paraclete Press, 2021). It is designed as a children’s book, but it would be so good for grown-ups too. Don’t miss out just because you don’t have kids around […]

Filed Under: books, Church Year, Reviews Tagged With: Ascension, Laura Alary, Ordinary Time, Pentecost

Next Up in the Reading Group: Gregory of Nyssa’s “Life of Moses”

May 18, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

Introducing… My Online Reading Group For a while now I’ve been developing a project that I’m finding to be really fun. It is an online reading group on topics in Church history and theology. I pick a subject (with input from the members) and one or more relevant cool texts from the history of Christianity. […]

Filed Under: books, Reviews Tagged With: Gregory of Nyssa, Life of Moses, Online Reading Group

Podcast Interview — “Shift the Story” with Beca Lewis

January 22, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen 3 Comments

Shift the Story Podcast

I’m on another podcast! This one came about in a fun way: I was waiting in the registration line at a writing conference and the woman next to me happened to have come in on the same flight. Then the next day we were randomly sorted into the same car for a lunch outing. Then […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Beca Lewis, Interviews, Shift the Story Podcast

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