I began completing the little worksheet but balked when they wanted to know my Twitter handle. He told me that my piece looked “promising” and asked me to provide a little “front matter” to include with it before he sent it to another editor for a second look. Two days later, I was surprised and elated to receive a positive response from an editor. I had submitted a piece for publication for the first time. Basically, the point of the piece is to reimagine how to engage in conversation with people who are different from me, especially when it is inconvenient or uncomfortable, and how the church could push people outside their comfort zones to make that happen.Īfter I finished editing, I emailed it off and held my breath.

A basic summary: A young evangelical mother is set on converting the Iranian Muslim woman from her kids’ playgroup, but after she has a chance to learn from mothers of other faiths, she learns how to stay true to her hopes while actively loving her new friend for who she is. The chapter I submitted is called Cultural Infusion. I was intrigued and immediately began polishing a chapter from my memoir-in-progress. “.e seek theologically infused contributions on the theme of reimagination.What aspects of traditional church life and practice need to be reimagined (and how?) in order to properly engage the challenges and nuances of our contemporary moment?.As always, we are particularly interested in.contributions that open our ears to the peacefully contrarian Christ by way of their distinctive style, ideas, and progressive consideration of the other.” “It might be a good fit for one of your chapters,” he wrote.įlattered and grateful, I took a look at the prompt. A few months ago, my writing coach told me about a call for papers at The Other Journal, which publishes pieces on themes at the intersection of theology and culture.

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