{"id":13711,"date":"2016-01-19T10:38:18","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T15:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/mercynotsacrifice\/?p=13711"},"modified":"2016-01-19T10:38:18","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T15:38:18","slug":"five-ways-you-can-help-me-launch-my-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mercynotsacrifice\/2016\/01\/19\/five-ways-you-can-help-me-launch-my-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Five ways you can help me launch my book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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There\u2019s nothing more obnoxious than authors promoting their books. It always makes me roll my eyes. Well for the next six months or so, I\u2019m going to have to be that obnoxious author. I\u2019ve written what I believe God told me to write after a seven-year prayerful process, so it seems like it\u2019s my duty to try to get it out there the best that I can. There\u2019s an incredible movement afoot among the evangelicals in my generation who were raised by culture war. This book is my contribution to that movement. How Jesus Saves the World From Us<\/em> is a book for Christians who wonder if the world needs to be saved from Christianity. It\u2019s an attempt to provide a biblically robust theological foundation for progressive evangelical Christianity in the form of twelve antidotes to toxic Christianity, which I\u2019ve summarized here<\/a>. In this post, I wanted to share how you can help me launch my book which is projected to release in early May. Please write a comment or shoot me an email<\/a> if you\u2019re willing to help out.<\/p>\n

1) Write a review on your blog
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In today\u2019s world of book marketing, it\u2019s all about the blogosphere. I can send you a free review copy either by PDF or in the form of pre-release hard copy galleys when they come out in February. I would be deeply honored if you would write a review, regardless of how critical you have to be. I only want you to be honest. Please time the release of your review for late April and early May, so it can be part of my book\u2019s \u201cblog tour.\u201d<\/p>\n

2) Tweet quotes from my book as it\u2019s releasing<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m willing to send you a free PDF of my book if you\u2019re willing to send out at least ten<\/strong> tweets with quotes or paraphrases hashtagged #HowJesusSavesTheWorldFromUs during the week of my book\u2019s release.<\/p>\n

3) Organize a book event at your church or in your community<\/strong><\/p>\n

I would love to come and do a speaking event at your church or local bookstore or neighborhood potluck or favorite bar this May through July. Since this would involve taking me away from my local ministry work, I would only ask that I be allowed to solicit an offering for my campus ministry.<\/p>\n

4) Invite me to do a book signing at your annual conference or analogous regional church gathering<\/strong><\/p>\n

United Methodist pastors and lay leaders gather regionally every June for what we call our annual conference. I know that other denominations have similar gatherings. If you can think of at least a dozen leaders in your annual conference or analogous regional church leadership gathering who would resonate with my writing, I would love to come do a book signing or speaking event. My publisher can make arrangements with Cokesbury or whichever bookseller your denomination works with.<\/p>\n

5) Host a Jesus rave<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the last several years, I\u2019ve been creating worship services with electronic dance music in which there\u2019s praying, scripture, preaching, singing, dancing, and communion all built around a progressive trance song. I would love to do a Jesus rave at your church whether it\u2019s with your youth group or with brave, uninhibited adults. Some of my best Jesus raves have actually been in small gatherings of ten or so nerdy adults. They don\u2019t always dance. Sometimes they sit. Sometimes they do yoga. It\u2019s truly an amazing worship experience that I dream of making into a weekly worship service one day. If you\u2019ve got people in your church who are adventurous enough, I would love to do a Jesus rave. Again I would only ask to be able to solicit donations for my campus ministry.<\/p>\n

Please like my blog\u2019s facebook page!<\/a><\/p>\n

Please become a patron of our campus ministry!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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