At different points in my life, God has given me of this Scripture to remind me that evidence exists to prove God’s hand in specific situations. Jesus’ answer encouraged a review of evidence – including things seen and heard – during His ministry. He sent his disciples to ask Jesus, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?” (v. In the passage John the Baptist was in prison and heard about Jesus’ deeds. I hoped they were.Īs I geared up for attending, I mulled Matthew 11:1-6. I was curious whether some of the publishing reps really were ready to embrace more ethnic writing. More so, he slightly tweaked the Conference website and social media descriptions to help alleviate confusion. I assured her she would be, but emailed Brian. Their participation assured me the event would be Christ-centered, professional, welcoming and delightful, so I promoted it heavily on Facebook and Twitter, through email, and text.Īfter registering, I also had an opportunity to interact via email with Brian after a Latina writing friend questioned whether she’d be welcome at the first event designed to reach African American spiritual writers. But, I did know some of the faculty, individuals with solid reputations in Christian publishing. Excited I rushed to the Conference website for more details. I heard about Publishing in Color from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association’s Rush to Press newsletter. Yes, new conferences are needed because some have become bastions of elitism where new and emerging writers are thrust into a sink-or-swim environment where they, naturally, sink.Yes, new conferences are needed, especially regional events that are more affordable, and shorter in duration.Yes, new conferences are needed, particularly those that address the needs of marginalized writers.I didn’t respond because of time, but mostly because I anticipated this new conference for ethnic writers would illustrate my usual multi-part answer: The day before Publishing in Color debuted on June 19 th a writing friend posted a similar question on Facebook. This is a question that sometimes arises when writers gather. Is there a need for new writing conferences?
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