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Hi all, Just a quick note that my Riverside talk Friday morning is at 9:30am, rather than 10:30 as previously stated. I know few of you live in NYC, but I’d hate to have someone show up an hour late!In other, more exciting news, shortly after I arrived in NYC yesterday afternoon, I got a call from my editor: LIVE LAUGH LOVE is a NYT Best Seller, #5 on the nonfiction list. This is an incredible gift—at some point I’ll have more to say on what this does for a book, but for tonight, let me just say
Is Live Laugh Love just a gossip rag? (opens the original)
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Less than one week out from the publication of Live Laugh Love, both Christianity Today and The Gospel Coalition (derivatively) have accused me of “misrepresenting sources” and “twisting” an author’s words. One would certainly hope that any reviewer bringing such a devastating critique would have rock-solid evidence of their ow
Next up: NYC and Austin (opens the original)
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A quick note on where I’ll be this coming week…This Thursday evening at 7pm I’ll be in NYC at Riverside Church’s Spark Lab, in conversation with Ira Glass, Priya Parker, Pádraig Ó Tuama, and Lisa Sharon Harper. (There may be a surprise guest as well, if his schedule allows. If he’s able to make it, it will be the wildest thing I’ve done yet…) <a class="image-link image2
LLL Book Club Discussion Guide (opens the original)
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I’ve already heard from so many people that you’re reading Live Laugh Love with friends, starting up book clubs, and connecting with other readers over Zoom to discuss. This is exactly what I recommend doing with this book! To help facilitate this, I’ve written up a Live Laugh Love Book Club Discussion Guide to walk you through, chapter by chapter. You can find a link to the guide on my website or download here:<a class="button primary" href="https://public-platform.s3.amazonaw
LIVE LAUGH LOVE, an illustrated history (opens the original)
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To celebrate today’s long-awaited release of Live Laugh Love, I thought I’d take a trip down memory lane and share an illustrated version of the history of the book itself.Our story begins in the fall of 2020, not long after Jesus and John Wayne released, when my editor reached out to ask “what’s next?” The idea of jumping into another project hadn’t even occurred to me. “Too soon,” I said. He came back again, and I think a third time, before I caved. One thing quickly led to another, and I foun
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