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Is Confession Strange?

By deannelson on March 5, 2010

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…
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Interviews

New Interview…

By deannelson on March 5, 2010

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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Garrison Keillor: Alive and Well and Full of Hope

By deannelson on March 5, 2010

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…
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Inside the Cathedrals in Cambridge, It’s Bach and Handel; Outside it’s Indians and Robots

By deannelson on December 11, 2009

So, I’m back in Cambridge, England to do more work on my faith/science book that focuses on the physicist/priest John Polkinghorne. On every street there is a cathedral announcing a Christmas concert — choirs, bells,…
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Risen Magazine Features God Hides in Plain Sight

By deannelson on December 4, 2009

Risen Magazine is one of the most interesting magazines I’ve come across. I was first turned onto it with their cover story on Alice Cooper. Then on Carlos Santana. Every issue had an interview that…
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A Different Way to Think About Christmas Gifts, and Another View of God Hides in Plain Sight

By deannelson on December 4, 2009

Check out the article:

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To Writers, Random Events Aren’t So Random

By deannelson on December 3, 2009

A hotel lobby in Bombay, a school shooting in Santee, a parking lot in my neighborhood — all seemingly random and unrelated places. But stories happened there that made me understand something much, much bigger….
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Do You Want to Die Today?

By deannelson on December 3, 2009

Uh, no. I don’t. But that was the question the man with the knife asked my son at 7 a.m. recently on a street in Honduras, just blocks from the school where my son teaches….
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PUBLISHED STORIES

Seeing the Sacraments in Shawshank Redemption, Away We Go, and USA Today

By deannelson on October 26, 2009

On Mondays USA Today publishes an essay on a topic of spirituality. Today they published mine, where I talk about the baptism scene in Shawshank Redemption and the confession scene in Away We Go, and…
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“One of the Best Pieces of Wisdom You Will Ever Hear”

By deannelson on October 7, 2009

That’s what Scot McKnight said in his Jesus Creed blog on Beliefnet about my chapter on Vocation. McKnight is doing a series based on my new book. Here’s one of his installments: How does our vocation…
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