Page 11 – Dean Nelson

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The Gift Within This Quarantine

By deannelson on July 27, 2020

Being Interviewed About Interviewing, By Podcast Interviewers

By deannelson on December 11, 2019

The Authenticity of Rachel Held Evans

By deannelson on May 6, 2019

La Playa Books? Gotta Love the Neighborhood Book Store!

By deannelson on May 1, 2019

When Rob Bell Interviews You, It’s an Adventure

By deannelson on March 19, 2019

Let’s Talk About “Talk To Me”

By deannelson on March 6, 2019 / 2 Comments

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Remembering Eugene Peterson, Who Gave Me My Most Public Smackdown

By deannelson on October 23, 2018 / 3 Comments

What I’m Talking About When I’m Talking About Talking

By deannelson on September 15, 2017

Mother Teresa, The Newest Saint

By deannelson on November 23, 2016

Remembering Paul Miller: Sometimes All It Takes Is a Comment

By deannelson on October 24, 2016 / 6 Comments

Why Nikki Giovanni Still Matters

By deannelson on August 9, 2016

I Don’t Understand Creole, But I Understood This

By deannelson on July 26, 2016 / 2 Comments

God Hides in Plain Sight: How to See the Sacred in a Chaotic World

By deannelson on June 20, 2016

Dean Nelson interviews Carlos Ruiz Zafon

By deannelson on June 20, 2016

Blog, Interviews, Writer's Symposium

Eugene Peterson, Bono and Me

By deannelson on June 17, 2016

My Greatest Public Smackdown Leads Me One Step Closer to Bono

By deannelson on April 26, 2016

The Storms We Can’t Predict

By deannelson on March 25, 2016

Dean Interviews David Kinnaman

By deannelson on January 19, 2016

Dean Nelson interviews Carlos Ruiz Zafon

By deannelson on December 23, 2015

The New King of Iceland

By deannelson on December 17, 2015

You Thought You Knew Something About Iceland? Bet You Didn’t Know This

By deannelson on December 8, 2015

Where Do You Go To Heal a Broken Heart?

By deannelson on December 8, 2015

When All That You Have Is Exactly What Someone Needs

By deannelson on December 8, 2015

Plotting Revenge Feels So Good, Until It Doesn’t

By deannelson on December 8, 2015

Travel Advisory: Don’t Jump to Conclusions

By deannelson on July 8, 2015

The One Question We Should All Ask of Each Other and Ourselves

By deannelson on June 8, 2015

What Are Friends For? Sometimes It’s Easier Than You Think

By deannelson on May 8, 2015

Talking About Writing in La Jolla, Chicago, and on the USS Midway

By deannelson on December 11, 2014

Reaching For The Sky

By deannelson on December 11, 2014

Another Reason Why I’m Not a Ninja Warrior

By deannelson on November 22, 2014

Travel Writing Seminar in Iceland

By deannelson on September 29, 2014

Was I Prepared to Hike the Grand Canyon? Uhh, Sort Of

By deannelson on September 27, 2014

Don’t You Love it When You’re Right? Except When You’re Wrong

By deannelson on August 5, 2014

Driving in Ireland: Where Do You Think You’re Going?

By deannelson on July 9, 2014

Sometimes My Headaches Bring Out the Best in My Friends

By deannelson on June 11, 2014

So, Dad, Do You Remember World War II? Did It Remember You?

By deannelson on December 5, 2013

Billy Collins, Brian Doyle Murray and I Did Play Golf Together. They Played Well. I Played…Well…

By deannelson on November 12, 2013 / 3 Comments

Hey Cellphone User! Oh, Never Mind

By deannelson on October 17, 2013

“When You Focus on the Things That Can Make You Crash, You’ll Crash”

By deannelson on August 16, 2013

“When You Focus on the Things That Can Make You Crash, You’ll Crash”

By deannelson on August 16, 2013

Evicting Rats, Digging Up Memories

By deannelson on July 19, 2013 / 2 Comments

A Tale of Two Golf Courses, But It’s Not Really About Golf

By deannelson on June 6, 2013

The Crumbs From Their Table

By deannelson on May 23, 2013 / 3 Comments

Driving, Daughter and Dublin, Part III: The Diary

By deannelson on January 31, 2013 / 2 Comments

Driving, Daughter and Dublin, Part II: “Where Do You Think You’re Going?”

By deannelson on January 10, 2013

Driving, Daughter and Dublin, Part I: My Lucky Day?

By deannelson on December 17, 2012

Volvo in Vegas, Part III: The Trump Card

By deannelson on August 25, 2012

Volvo in Vegas, Part II: In Search of a Sign

By deannelson on August 17, 2012

Volvo in Vegas, Part I: The Desert Speaks

By deannelson on August 10, 2012 / 1 Comment

Hanging Out With Ray Bradbury

By deannelson on June 6, 2012

Dean Interviews John Ortberg

By deannelson on February 17, 2012

Dave Eggers, Chris Hedges, Rachel Held Evans All On Our Stage

By deannelson on February 16, 2012

My New Best Friend in Mexico

By deannelson on January 3, 2012 / 1 Comment

Discovering John Polkinghorne

By deannelson on October 6, 2011

Quantum Leap: How John Polkinghorne Found God in Science and Religion

By deannelson on September 1, 2011

Decisions, Decisions

By deannelson on June 27, 2011

Along Comes Mary

By deannelson on May 31, 2011 / 2 Comments

While Most People Talk About Rob Bell, I Actually Talked To Him

By deannelson on May 27, 2011

The Kids Are All Right

By deannelson on January 6, 2011 / 2 Comments

Waiting for Guggenheim

By deannelson on October 15, 2010 / 4 Comments

So This is What a Birthday Party for Intellectuals Looks Like

By deannelson on July 16, 2010

My One Shot at Being a Commencement Speaker

By deannelson on June 7, 2010 / 3 Comments

You Gotta Love It When A Reviewer Likens Your Book to a Coen Brothers Movie

By deannelson on May 10, 2010

Recent Interview with Kathleen Norris

By deannelson on April 27, 2010

A Reading and Discussion at A Literary Tea…

By deannelson on April 27, 2010 / 2 Comments

Competing With the Pope, While a Priest Says I’ve Written a Masterpiece

By deannelson on April 21, 2010 / 2 Comments

What the Modern Prophets (and a Student) Taught Me

By deannelson on April 7, 2010

Is Confession Strange?

By deannelson on March 5, 2010 / 2 Comments

New Interview…

By deannelson on March 5, 2010 / 2 Comments

Garrison Keillor: Alive and Well and Full of Hope

By deannelson on March 5, 2010 / 3 Comments

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

By deannelson on December 11, 2009 / 4 Comments

Risen Magazine Features God Hides in Plain Sight

By deannelson on December 4, 2009

A Different Way to Think About Christmas Gifts, and Another View of God Hides in Plain Sight

By deannelson on December 4, 2009

To Writers, Random Events Aren’t So Random

By deannelson on December 3, 2009 / 2 Comments

Do You Want to Die Today?

By deannelson on December 3, 2009 / 2 Comments

PUBLISHED STORIES

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

By deannelson on October 26, 2009

“One of the Best Pieces of Wisdom You Will Ever Hear”

By deannelson on October 7, 2009 / 2 Comments

Why the Minnesota Twins Make the Spin of the Ball, and the World, Make Sense

By deannelson on October 7, 2009

What a Beliefnet Blogger Says About My New Book (Hint: He Liked It!)

By deannelson on October 2, 2009 / 1 Comment

Now Appearing in Donald Miller’s Burnside Writer’s Collective; Announcing the Start of My Million Inches Tour

By deannelson on October 1, 2009

Connecting 9/11, Serving Others, and Experiencing God on the Mark Larson Show

By deannelson on September 15, 2009 / 2 Comments

Boy Scouts, Mosquitoes and Sacraments on Clear Channel Radio

By deannelson on September 11, 2009

New Beliefnet Essay on Science and Faith

By deannelson on September 9, 2009

Interview with San Diego 6

By deannelson on August 31, 2009 / 2 Comments

How a Journalist Sees God

By deannelson on August 24, 2009 / 1 Comment

Okay, So The Police Just Left The House

By deannelson on August 14, 2009 / 6 Comments

Book Release Next Month — Here’s an Excerpt

By deannelson on August 6, 2009

Why is the Kettle Boiling?

By deannelson on August 3, 2009

In a Pub With C.S. Lewis

By deannelson on July 31, 2009 / 2 Comments

Murder in the Cathedral

By deannelson on July 30, 2009 / 2 Comments

Meditate On This!

By deannelson on July 27, 2009

Physics and the Body of Christ

By deannelson on July 26, 2009 / 2 Comments

It’s Time To Yell a Little

By deannelson on July 20, 2009 / 2 Comments

So, I have a new book coming out…

By deannelson on July 15, 2009 / 2 Comments

The Power of Serving Others: You Can Start Where You Are

By deannelson on August 9, 2006

Every Full-Moon Night & They Saw Only Feet

By deannelson on August 8, 2006

100 Years of Stories (Voices and Images From Point Loma Nazarene University’s First Century)

By deannelson on August 8, 2001

Come as You Are: An Invitation to Meet Jesus–Just Where You Are

By deannelson on January 26, 1999

Heart and Soul: Awakening Your Passion to Serve

By deannelson on June 1, 1997

New Father’s Survival Guide: Devotions for the First Year of Parenthood

By deannelson on March 8, 1994

God Never Said We’d Be Leading at the Half (But He Did Promise That We’d Win the Ball Game)

By deannelson on August 8, 1980

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God Never Said We’d Be Leading at the Half (But He Did Promise That We’d Win the Ball Game)

By deannelson on August 8, 1980

Published in 1980 and co-authored with Dean Spencer, Dean Nelson’s first published book explored how a Christian can respond in hope when facing overwhelming catastrophe. While the book is no longer in print, used copies…
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