http://www.conversantlife.com/topics/27/%2A Main topics view controller en http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/finding-rock-solid-grace-in-lifes-hard-places You may cut your feet and feel pain whenever you walk through life’s hard, broken places. But God’s grace is rock solid, and when you hold onto it, you can walk through anything and emerge stronger from the journey. Here's how you can find the rock of God's grace in the midst of the hard, broken places in your life: http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/finding-rock-solid-grace-in-lifes-hard-places#comments Writing Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:51:14 -0800 Angel909 15053 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/provocative-bible-magazine-debuts A controversial magazine that intertwines Bible passages with provocative poses, images of Hollywood celebrities, and snapshots depicting human strife and triumph has hit U.S. bookstores after gaining success in Sweden. Arranged in a magazine format with columns, Bible Illuminated: The Book, New Testament uses running text instead of verses and features photographs, captions and call-outs. http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/provocative-bible-magazine-debuts#comments Writing Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:21:59 -0800 Frieda 14457 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/spectacular-sins Jesus Christ, who was in the beginning with God, and was God (John 1:1), created the universe. He did this as God the Father’s equal and as his agent. “All things were made through him” (John 1:3; 1 Cor. 8:6; Heb. 1:2). And he did it to display his glory. “By him all things were created . . . and for him” (Col. 1:16). http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/spectacular-sins#comments Writing Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:17:31 -0800 JackJack 14377 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/post-racial-america-not-yet In a brief interval between college and graduate school, I worked as a canvasser and community organizer in some poorer neighborhoods in the Bay Area, east of San Francisco. My grandfather, an Oklahoma preacher, had worked there during World War II, part of a floodtide of southern migration to industrial jobs. http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/post-racial-america-not-yet#comments Writing Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:14:36 -0800 Larry 14261 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/the-literary-legacy-of-our-founding-pilgrims In her new book, "Wordy Shipmates," Sarah Vowell writes about our American Puritan ancestors and their views -- which still echo in public dialogues today. http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/the-literary-legacy-of-our-founding-pilgrims#comments Writing Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:51:20 -0800 Stan Jantz 14168 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/dare-to-try-this-love-dare-advice In the beginning was Fireproof, a Christian movie about a firefighter who gets religion and saves his marriage. The movie has been a surprise hit at the box office, but it also begat a book called The Love Dare, a 40-day marriage guide that turns out to be the movie's real star. http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/dare-to-try-this-love-dare-advice#comments Writing Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:41:54 -0800 heart 14152 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/from-vampires-to-jesus For those who haven't been paying attention lately to vampire lit, America's most famous chronicler of bloodsuckers doesn't live in New Orleans anymore — and hasn't since before Hurricane Katrina hit — and she's riding new waves of enthusiasm: the memoir and Christian lit. http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/from-vampires-to-jesus#comments Writing Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:54:59 -0700 Frieda 14067 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/oldest-hebrew-writing-found An Israeli archaeologist has discovered what he believes is the oldest known Hebrew inscription on a 3,000-year-old pottery shard — a find that suggests Biblical accounts of the ancient Israelite kingdom of David could have been based on written texts. http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/oldest-hebrew-writing-found#comments Writing Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:54:59 -0700 Stan Jantz 14054 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/the-shack-author-insists-his-bestseller-is-a-god-thing Despite what critics have said about his highly popular and hotly debated best-seller, The Shack, author William Paul Young remains convinced that his book “is a God thing.” http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/the-shack-author-insists-his-bestseller-is-a-god-thing#comments Writing Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:33:49 -0700 Frieda 13954 at http://www.conversantlife.com http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/new-book-available-for-free-to-educate-mobilize-christians-on-darfur-crisis Many in America have heard of the atrocities taking place in Sudan’s Darfur region. Few, however, can say they know well about the ongoing crisis and even less have done something to stand against it. http://www.conversantlife.com/writing/new-book-available-for-free-to-educate-mobilize-christians-on-darfur-crisis#comments Writing Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:41:45 -0700 blondie 13705 at http://www.conversantlife.com