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		<title>So This is What a Birthday Party for Intellectuals Looks Like</title>
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Recently I attended a conference at Oxford University called God and Physics. More than 100 scientists, philosophers, theologians and others gathered for a few days of lecture and discussion on topics raised in the writings of John Polkinghorne.
The conference was a celebration of Polkinghorne&#8217;s 80th year, so it was essentially a birthday party for this award-winning, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://deannelson.net/?p=452</link>
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		<title>My One Shot at Being a Commencement Speaker</title>
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In a moment of either weakness or desperation &#8212; maybe both &#8212; the president of the university where I teach asked me to be the 2010 commencement speaker. Not at another school, mind you, but our own Point Loma Nazarene University. I thought about it, consulted with my advisors, and did it anyway. Here it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Gotta Love It When A Reviewer Likens Your Book to a Coen Brothers Movie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s what this reviewer did in the prominent magazine Books and Culture. She said that if only the modern day Job character in the movie A Serious Man had read my book, he wouldn&#8217;t have been so confused. You can read the review here.
Next on my list of books I&#8217;ll be writing will be responses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Interview with Kathleen Norris</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kathleen was in San Diego for our Writer&#8217;s Symposium by the Sea to talk about writing, and her book Acedia and Me.

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		<link>http://deannelson.net/?p=410</link>
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		<title>A Reading and Discussion at A Literary Tea&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My department at Point Loma Nazarene University asked me to give a reading and discuss my book, God Hides in Plain Sight. We talked about publishing, rejection, strange neighbors and what goes into writing a book.

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		<link>http://deannelson.net/?p=408</link>
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		<title>Competing With the Pope, While a Priest Says I&#8217;ve Written a Masterpiece</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So ForeWord magazine has nominated God Hides in Plain Sight as a finalist in the religion category for Book of the Year! If you look at the list of other finalists here, note that I&#8217;m competing against Pope Benedict XVI. I like my chances. Winners are announced in May.
The book has gotten some other good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the Modern Prophets (and a Student) Taught Me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We just finished an amazing week of thinking and discussing the role of writing, especially its prophetic role in our culture. Our annual Writer&#8217;s Symposium By The Sea (can you believe we&#8217;ve been doing this for 15 years? Joe Wambaugh got us started!) was part of a larger conference on our campus &#8212; it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Confession Strange?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Times newspaper did a column recently on my book, God Hides in Plain Sight. The columnist focused on some interesting aspects of the book that others have not, and named some former famous Nazarenes. You can read the review here.
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		<link>http://deannelson.net/?p=382</link>
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		<title>New Interview&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago I did an interview with Will Willimon, a Bishop in the United Methodist Church and the former Duke University chaplain.  Have a look:

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		<link>http://deannelson.net/?p=375</link>
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		<title>Garrison Keillor: Alive and Well and Full of Hope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a transplanted Minnesotan, I have been listening to Garrison Keillor for a long time. Even while living in Minnesota I listened to his radio program, A Prairie Home Companion. I remember him in the 1970s as this wild-haired radio host who loved folk music, sensible people, and subtle humor. As he gained respectability and [...]]]></description>
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