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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.
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. [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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Previous Posts
The Top Five Reasons Book Authors Should Blog
posted 11:29:28am Jan. 26, 2012 | read full post »
Thank You, Flunking Sainthood Readers!
posted 12:41:10pm Jan. 25, 2012 | read full post »
NYC Conference on Mormonism & American Politics, February 3-4
posted 11:09:19am Jan. 23, 2012 | read full post »
Writing Retreat
posted 8:47:20pm Jan. 14, 2012 | read full post »
Fun with the Book of Lamentations
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Jana Riess
