This week on The Habit Podcast, Jonathan Rogers talks with Russell Moore, President of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and author of The Courage to Stand: Facing Your Fear without Losing Your Soul.

They talk about the various ways that fear presents itself to the writer, the self-sabotage of chasing relevance, the temptation to write our own life stories, and the timeless danger of trying to be no more than who your audience wants you to be.

This week on The Habit Podcast, Jonathan Rogers talks with Russell Moore, President of the Ethics &amp; Religious Liberty Commission and author of The Courage to Stand: Facing Your Fear without Losing Your Soul.
They talk about the various ways that fear presents itself to the writer, the self-sabotage of chasing relevance, the temptation to write our own life stories, and the timeless danger of trying to be no more than who your audience wants you to be.

Conversations with writers about writing, hosted by Jonathan Rogers.

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S2 E40: Russell Moore

Julie Lane-Gay is a horticulturalist and a writer. Her work has appeared in a range of publications including Reader's Digest, Fine Gardening, Faith Today, Anglican Planet, and The Englewood Review of Books. She sometimes teaches courses at Regent College in Vancouver and edits the college's journal, CRUX. She also writes obituaries. Her new book is The Riches of Your Grace: Living in the Book of Common Prayer. In this episode, Julie and Jonathan Rogers talk about finding our identity in stories and language that someone else has written.

Julie Lane-Gay is a horticulturalist and a writer. Her work has appeared in a range of publications including Reader's Digest, Fine Gardening, Faith Today, Anglican Planet, and The Englewood Review of Books. She sometimes teaches courses at Regent College in Vancouver and edits the college's journal, CRUX. She also writes obituaries. Her new book is <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-riches-of-your-grace-living-in-the-book-of-common-prayer-julie-lane-gay/21062099?ean=9781514008164">The Riches of Your Grace: Living in the Book of Common Prayer</a>. In this episode, Julie and Jonathan Rogers talk about finding our identity in stories and language that someone else has written.

Julie Lane-Gay Loves the Book of Common Prayer

Weakness doesn’t feel like a gift. But author, podcaster, and songwriter Eric Schumacher believes that it is. His new book is The Good Gift of Weakness: God’s Strength Made Perfect in the Story of Redemption. In this episode, Eric and Jonathan Rogers talk about the gifts that follow when we come to terms with our weakness, what it means to be in a posture to receive rather than to strive, and the relief that comes from letting go of the need to control.

Weakness doesn’t feel like a gift. But author, podcaster, and songwriter Eric Schumacher believes that it is. His new book is <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-good-gift-of-weakness-god-s-strength-made-perfect-in-the-story-of-redemption-eric-schumacher/20644607?ean=9780736988667">The Good Gift of Weakness: God’s Strength Made Perfect in the Story of Redemption</a>. In this episode, Eric and Jonathan Rogers talk about the gifts that follow when we come to terms with our weakness, what it means to be in a posture to receive rather than to strive, and the relief that comes from letting go of the need to control.

Eric Schumacher is weak (and he thinks it's a gift).

Poet Rebecca Gomez is the author and also the illustrator of Mari in the Margins, a middle-grade novel in verse. Her editor, also a poet, is Rachel Donahue of Bandersnatch Books. For the first time on The Habit Podcast, in this episode Jonathan Rogers is in conversation with both the author and her editor. 

Poet Rebecca Gomez is the author and also the illustrator of <a href="https://www.bandersnatchbooks.com/books/mari-margins">Mari in the Margins,</a> a middle-grade novel in verse. Her editor, also a poet, is Rachel Donahue of Bandersnatch Books. For the first time on The Habit Podcast, in this episode Jonathan Rogers is in conversation with both the author and her editor.

S2 E40: Russell Moore

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