Nancy
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Werner A. Lind:
Are you a Mennonite? Or were you? (based on your bio) Will there be a topic in the group to chat about A Candle in the Darkness? Are there any restrictions on creating topics, or on discussions?
Werner A. Lind
I was raised as a Lutheran, but placed membership in a Mennonite church after enrolling at a Mennonite college for my senior year. My wife Barb wasn't raised in any church, but became a Christian at the age of 16 through a revival at a Mennonite church, and joined it at that time. (We got married in 1980.) However, when we moved to Indianapolis in 1983, there was no accessible Mennonite church in the area, so we've been out of the Mennonite context ever since.
That's a very abbreviated answer! If you want more detail, I can supply it in a personal message (and probably bore you to pieces :-) ). If you go to my Goodreads author profile, just under my picture, there's a big "Follow Author" button. Right next to it, there's a very faint little v mark. Clicking on that produces a little pull-down menu, with "Send message" as one of the options.
Yes, I plan to get a discussion thread/topic for Candle in the Darkness up on Nov. 1. And no, unlike some groups, in the Christian Goodreaders group you don't have to be a moderator to create a topic; any member can do that. (To avoid unnecessary duplication, you might want to first check out the discussion board to make sure there isn't already one that fits your subject!) The only restrictions on discussions are the Golden Rule, and a prohibition against author self-promotions outside of the designated folder for authors, in order to cut down on "spam."
That's a very abbreviated answer! If you want more detail, I can supply it in a personal message (and probably bore you to pieces :-) ). If you go to my Goodreads author profile, just under my picture, there's a big "Follow Author" button. Right next to it, there's a very faint little v mark. Clicking on that produces a little pull-down menu, with "Send message" as one of the options.
Yes, I plan to get a discussion thread/topic for Candle in the Darkness up on Nov. 1. And no, unlike some groups, in the Christian Goodreaders group you don't have to be a moderator to create a topic; any member can do that. (To avoid unnecessary duplication, you might want to first check out the discussion board to make sure there isn't already one that fits your subject!) The only restrictions on discussions are the Golden Rule, and a prohibition against author self-promotions outside of the designated folder for authors, in order to cut down on "spam."
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Laura-Lee
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Werner A. Lind:
This might sound a little bit materialistic but "where is the best place for us to order your books from?" when you consider all things like, promotion and cutting out the middle man so you get a bigger piece of the money pie? (Think of it as me just being practical and not about the "love of money" which as we all know is a big "NO NO".) ;-) Sincerely, (wanting to do the right thing) Laura-Lee
Ursula
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Werner A. Lind:
I don't need to ask any ques?tions, just wanted to say you are awesome! :D ♥︎
Chris Talbot
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Werner A. Lind:
Thank you for your thoughtful analysis of Tawney's Religion and Rise of Capitalism. Any recommendations on further reading that follows the line forward into the values and capitalist economies of the West into the 20th/21st C? From a faraway place I thought a lot about From The Ruins of Empire by Pankaj Mishra while reading this. Thanks and be well! - C
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