One of the key features of Conversantlife.com is our wonderful team of bloggers.  This gifted, passionate group of men and women represent the brightest and the best the faith community has to offer.  Some, like Craig Detweiler and Sean McDowell, are nationally known communicators and media influencers.  Others, such as Crissy Brooks and Mark Meehan, are professionals at the top of their game who bring a deep passion for Christ to their work. 

All of our Conversantlife.com bloggers are independent thinkers who write on subjects of their own choosing.  We don't "assign" blogs or topics (although sometimes we make suggestions), so what you read is content coming out of their own hearts and minds.

Even though we are delighted that these expert bloggers have become part of the Conversantlife.com content community, we are also proud of the fact that many of them write for other publications, both online and in print.  For example, three of our bloggers--Christy Tennant, Jeannine Seery, and John Barry--write for Bible Study Magazine, a new publication that focuses entirely on the Bible and Bible study.  

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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Fully-Loaded With Never-Before-Scene Extras And
A Perfect Gift for the Holidays!

Return to the magical world of Narnia in the second installment of C.S. Lewis’ timeless epic, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, coming to market on December 2, 2008 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. Packed with exclusive featurettes, interviews and deleted scenes, the entertainment title of the year is available on DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def, as well as a special two-disc Collectors Edition perfect for holiday giving. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian packaging also includes a special DisneyFile, a digital copy of the movie that can be viewed on a variety of portable devices for the whole family to enjoy anytime, anywhere.

Publishers Weekly has named O2 by Richard Dahlstrom as one of its "Best Books of the Year."  In reviewing this compelling book, published by Conversantlife.com, the editors at Publishers Weekly called Richard "an original and welcome evangelical voice of reason who offers skeptics and Christians alike compelling advice on living out their faith, Jesus-style."  In O2, they continue, "he gives Christians tools to achieve spiritual balance by integrating the inwardly and outwardly focused spiritual practices."

Richard is one of the "original' bloggers on Conversantlife.com.  He is also among our most popular.  His blog, "Raincitypastor: God Is in the Mist," follows the same track as his award winning book.  "He gives Christians tools to achieve spiritual balance by integrating these inwardly and outwardly focused spiritual practices"

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Hey all,

Last Friday the ConversantLife.com event team (our entire team that consists of CJ and Peter) hung out at California Baptist University.  We dropped by to say "what up!", hang out on campus and to tell the students a little bit about our site. 

Bottom line: we had a great time.  The students of CBU are amazing.  They checked out our booth, chatted with us about the site, didn't care that we handed out a million lame rave cards (will you please throw this flyer away for me?) and they also did some pretty fancy coloring. That's right, we said coloring.  We threw a coloring contest to simply say "ConvesantLife cares about your creativity, so please hang out with us and color for awhile."  Oh, and we were also giving away a free iPod to the student who colored the best ConversnatLife logo (you know, our little talk bubble).  It was super cool and we got some pretty wild entries in the process.  Here's the winner of the coloring contest and a number of cool entries as well

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At Conversantlife.com, our goal is to bring content and conversation together in a meaningful way. Whether you are a casual user or a dedicated content creator, we want to help inform your faith experience so you can engage and activate your life.

This month we are excited to introduce some new enhancements to our homepage that will hopefully make it easier to find content posted by our team of 40+ expert bloggers, as well as content submitted by the community. Here are some highlights:

• Now you can click on your favorite topics and immediately see the most recent content posted by our bloggers
• There is a video player at the top of the homepage that features our newest interviews and features
• You can quickly access the most popular posts from the growing community of Undiscovered writers, musicians and artists
• You can easily connect with people involved in cross-culture service around the world through The Bridge

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In the ongoing efforts of media companies (including Conversantlife.com) to attract and keep audiences, it isn't just about the means of communication (radio, television, the Internet, etc.). It's not even about the technology that drives media (computers, iPhones, HDTVs, etc.). Even more than media and technology, the thing that makes or breaks a movie or a book or a song or a web site is one thing and one thing only: content.

Without a great script, a movie suffers, and people stay away. Without great writing, a book isn't worth the paper it's printed on, and readers pass it by. Same goes for a song. When it comes to web sites, it doesn't take long to realize that reading dumb comments or viewing crummy videos is a colossal waste of time. What people want is compelling, challenging, creative content.

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Christianity Today has a terrific cover and cover story this month that is getting lots of attention. How could it not? The headline, "God Is Not Dead Yet," mimics the famous "Is God Dead?" headline that graced (some would say disgraced) the cover of Time magazine on April 8, 1966. The lead article by William Lane Craig, the popular philosopher and Christian apologist, showcases the extraordinary work being done by a handful of gifted theistic philosophers who answer virtually every objection raised by today's pop-atheists and secular philosophers.

Here at Conversantlife.com, we try to keep up with the news, especially news that has faith implications. So this issue of CT naturally caught our attention. As we checked out the contents, we were pleasantly surprised to find a number of places where Conversantlife.com authors were featured. In a piece titled, "A New Day for Apologetics," J.P. Moreland was referenced as one of the new Christian apologists who are informing the national conversation by producing books, videos, and public lectures (Conversantlife.com and Harvest House are publishing Dr. Moreland's forthcoming book, The God Question, due in January).

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A couple of us from ConversantLife.com attended Book Expo America (BEA) in Los Angeles last week. It's a massive event, with more than 2,000 exhibitors, 1,000 authors, and 25,000 people attending. It was hard to tell if any business was being conducted, but lots of people were milling around. Truth is, the publishing world is in a great deal of turmoil right now. Sales are flat, if not in decline, due to a number of factors: a decrease in reading among younger people, a move from print to digital content, a flat economy, and a dearth of blockbuster titles, such as Harry Potter.

Of these, the factor with the most serious long-term consequence is arguably the move from print to digital content. For every person who says, "I'll never read a book online," there are many more people who are accessing increasing amounts of digital content, whether it's news, commentary, or entertainment. It may be too early to declare the book to be an outmoded form of conveying content, but it's not to soon to recognize that most of us are getting our content from a wide variety of sources, with books being just one.

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If there's one constant about technology that trumps all others, it's this: change. We can be sure that whatever technology is cool and useful and popular today will be replaced by something that's cooler, more useful, and more popular tomorrow. It's just the way it is.

With truth it's different. Unless you're a relativist, truth doesn't change. We need to know that what's true today will still be true tomorrow. We also need to know that the content we access, whether it's on a printed page or in some kind of electronic form, is trustworthy.

At ConversantLife.com, we are committed to both technology and truth. We are using the latest technology to present trustworthy content by a team of passionate and knowledgeable communicators, all the while inviting our users to comment and post content of their own in the form of news stories that have faith implications.

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