It feels great to have my new book go live on Amazon. My views about life, spirituality, God, and other Big Ideas have changed a lot since I wrote my previous three books.
I still agree with much of what I said in them, but some parts make me sort of cringe. Break Free of Dogma is much closer to my current atheist philosophical perspective.
It consists of 93 posts that I selected from the early years of my Church of the Churchless blog, 2004-06. So it was pretty easy to fashion, since I'd already written most of the content. Just needed to add an Introduction, delete links, and make a few edits to the original posts.
I also added a brief comment on each post from my current perspective. That allowed me to feel more comfortable with posts that were considerably more God-friendly than how I look upon spirituality now.
Here's a selfie I took today after Amazon delivered a print copy of the book.
I chose to have a painting of my mother when she was sixteen in the background, with her looking over my shoulder, because she was a huge book lover who would have enjoyed my book, being a spiritual-but-not-religious person herself.
What a treasure the painting of your Mother is...a fine background with which to introduce your newest book. I have added to my Kindle and will report back if/when necessary 😉. I am very much looking forward to reading more of your thoughts as they have developed over the years. Since I am about your age, that’s a LOT of years with which to ponder, and change and modify and grow...or wither as the case may be😉. Good luck with this newest effort!
Posted by: Glenda May | August 23, 2019 at 11:36 AM
Glenda, thanks for the kind words. Consider leaving an Amazon reader review when you've read my book. I enjoy reading Amazon reviews, so I'm hoping to get some on Break Free of Dogma. Yes, I'm about ready to start on a second book, since I want to show how my views on my Church of the Churchless blog evolved over the years. It's enjoyable for me to re-read the posts. Hopefully others will enjoy them as well.
Posted by: Brian Hines | August 23, 2019 at 12:36 PM