Flunking Sainthood

Flunking Sainthood

Bio

Jana Riess is the author of Flunking Sainthood, a 2011 book about failing at twelve different spiritual practices. She is also currently working on The Twible, a three-year Twitter project with humorous daily Bible updates for your amusement (find her on Twitter as @janariess). She has a few silly degrees from swanky schools but was never once able to climb the rope in gym class. Her spiritual director is Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

The Top Five Reasons Book Authors Should Blog

posted by Jana Riess | 11:29am Thursday January 26, 2012

As I wind up my tenure at Beliefnet and prepare to move my blog next week to the Religion News Service, I’ve been reflecting on the last couple of years and how blogging has helped me to connect with readers. [...]

Thank You, Flunking Sainthood Readers!

posted by Jana Riess | 12:41pm Wednesday January 25, 2012

OK, I admit it. I have a Google Alert on the title Flunking Sainthood, so that the search engine lets me know when there are new reviews or discussions about the book. In the last few weeks it has been [...]

NYC Conference on Mormonism & American Politics, February 3-4

posted by Jana Riess | 11:09am Monday January 23, 2012

“First Mitt won Iowa, then he lost Iowa? That’s a classic Romney flip-flop.” –Stephen Colbert     Working with the theory that there hasn’t been nearly enough attention to Mormonism and politics this year, what with it being in the [...]

Writing Retreat

posted by Jana Riess | 8:47pm Saturday January 14, 2012

Friends, I will be offline until January 23 for a writing retreat. I’m bringing my computer, but the place where I am going doesn’t have email access, which is one of the reasons I love it. So if you are [...]

Previous Posts

The Top Five Reasons Book Authors Should Blog
As I wind up my tenure at Beliefnet and prepare to move my blog next week to the Religion News Service, I've been reflecting on the last couple of years and how blogging has helped me to conne

posted 11:29:28am Jan. 26, 2012 | read full post »

Thank You, Flunking Sainthood Readers!
OK, I admit it. I have a Google Alert on the title Flunking Sainthood, so that the search engine lets me know when there are new reviews or discussions about the book. In the last few weeks it has been exciting -- and humbling -- to see the many different kinds of people who are reading and talking

posted 12:41:10pm Jan. 25, 2012 | read full post »

NYC Conference on Mormonism & American Politics, February 3-4
"First Mitt won Iowa, then he lost Iowa? That's a classic Romney flip-flop." --Stephen Colbert     Working with the theory that there hasn't been nearly enough attention to Mormonism and politics this year, what with it being in the news every single day and all, Randy Balmer and I

posted 11:09:19am Jan. 23, 2012 | read full post »

Writing Retreat
Friends, I will be offline until January 23 for a writing retreat. I'm bringing my computer, but the place where I am going doesn't have email access

posted 8:47:20pm Jan. 14, 2012 | read full post »

Fun with the Book of Lamentations
Actually, no. That title was just a teaser. There really aren't any fun moments in the Book of

posted 11:33:13am Jan. 13, 2012 | read full post »


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