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10 April 2019Alex Joyner

The Persistence of Print

An article I wrote for FaithLink, the great United Methodist Publishing House resource for study groups on faith and current events, is now up on Ministry Matters. Exploring the remarkable comeback of printed books, despite my earlier predictions that they were headed for the dustbin! Check out The Persistence of Print.

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17 November 201817 November 2018Alex Joyner

Old King Coal – on Ministry Matters

What happens to the coal patch when the coal industry leaves? https://www.ministrymatters.com/all/entry/9358/the-decline-of-coal

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4 January 20184 January 2018Alex Joyner

Movies, Culture & Faith

I periodically write for FaithLink, the United Methodist Publishing House’s faith-and-current-events curriculum.  My FaithLink essay on Movies, Culture & Faith just got picked up by the great Ministry Matters site.  Just in time for the Golden Globes! http://www.ministrymatters.com/all/entry/8676/movies-culture-and-faith

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18 October 201718 October 2017Alex Joyner

Stateless People

Up on Ministry Matters…my essay on the Rohingya and Christian thinking about statelessness: http://www.ministrymatters.com/all/entry/8471/stateless-people?spMailingID=814690&spUserID=Mzk4Njg5MDI2S0&spJobID=400348494&spReportId=NDAwMzQ4NDk0S0  

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