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You are probably way more fascinating than Elizabeth Gilbert, but before you write that best seller that has Julia Roberts itching to play your role, know that the way to get published is to… well… get published. 

New today from the Century: John Buchanan on Advent waiting, year-end lists of science fiction and popular music picks, more.

Prayer is not a violation of the laws of nature. It's woven into God's ongoing act of creation, as fully as the tides.

In the Broadway show Book of Mormon, Elder Cunningham faces a problem. In an effort to gird his loins, he rocks out the hit "Man Up."

Lately I've been getting a lot of questions about how to get published, how to build a platform, how to become a speaker. So, I'm dedicating this week to some of the questions that people ask me. Yesterday, I looked at why a platform is important. Today, I want to talk about the the big ideas. All of this, of course, is just how I do it. There are many others who will give you different advice.

New today from the Century: Tom Long on prayer, Amy Frykholm's year-end picks in fiction, more.

The nation's changing racial and ethnic profile will bring political change. But we can also expect it to elicit fear and resistance.

My grandfather was at his 60th class reunion. During a round of golf with three classmates, one of his friends teed off. After hitting the ball, with his club still in the air, the man said, “Gentlemen, you’ll have to excuse me.” Then he fell to the ground, dead. My grandfather recounted this, adding, “And it was a nice shot.”  Advent’s scripture passages are about genuine rescue. But I wonder whether we’re sometimes embarrassed to preach about genuine rescue because we are embarrassed to admit we’re having a genuine emergency.

New today from the Century: The editors on demographic change and backlash, recommended new books in theology and current events, more.