{"id":1566,"date":"2022-10-01T13:41:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T19:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionnewsroundup\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2024-11-21T13:43:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T20:43:18","slug":"patheos-october-2022-featured-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionnewsroundup\/2022\/10\/patheos-october-2022-featured-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"Patheos October 2022 Featured Writer Keith Giles"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/keithgiles\/author\/kgiles\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1572\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/1490\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-29-at-3.44.31%E2%80%AFPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"207\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keith Giles is a former pastor who left the pulpit to follow Jesus. He\u2019s the author of the 7-part bestselling \u201cJesus Un\u201d book series endorsed by everyone from Wm. Paul Young and David Bentley Hart, to Diana Butler Bass and Brian Zahnd. His newest book<\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SOLA MYSTERIUM: Celebrating the Beautiful Uncertainty of Everything<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spent over a month on Amazon\u2019s Best-Seller\u2019s list. He is co-host of the<\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heretic Happy Hour Podcast<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a solo podcast<\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second Cup with Keith<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He currently lives in El Paso, TX with his wife Wendy.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keith says he enjoys writing for Patheos because it gives him the opportunity to connect with a wider and more diverse audience. His advice for other writers at Patheos: \u201cConsistency is key. Write often. Write well. And, especially, write about things that people are most concerned about.\u201c<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/keithgiles\/about\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Read more at Keith Giles<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keith Giles is a former pastor who left the pulpit to follow Jesus. He\u2019s the author of the 7-part bestselling \u201cJesus Un\u201d book series endorsed by everyone from Wm. Paul Young and David Bentley Hart, to Diana Butler Bass and Brian Zahnd. 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