Posted by swe on September 1, 2004, at 9:53:39
In reply to Re: poem ... Why I'm Goin' Straight to Hell, 1978 » swe, posted by Atticus on August 31, 2004, at 19:07:11
Hi Atticus. DisciplesWorld is the journal of news, opinion, and mission of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in North America. The Disciples are a small, mainline Protestant denomination, more liberal than conservative. The magazine is an independent unit. We receive no funding from the church. We rely entirely on subscriptions, advertising, and gifts for our financial survival. Currently, we have just over 13,000 subscribers.
Our "agenda" is simply to report on the happenings of the church truthfully. Sometimes that gets us in hot water with the church hierarchy, but mostly they let us be.
We do a theme focus each month. The Nov. issue will focus on hell -- the "traditional" Judeo-Christian view, views from other faith traditions, non-traditional views. We have a chaplain who works with death-row inmates writing from that perspective.
That's the issue I'd like to run your poem in.
We try to include some lighter material in each issue. We run a monthly cartoon, and each month we run either a short work of fiction or a poem or selection of poems. Sometimes we do both.
To find out more about the magazine, you can check out our website, www.disciplesworld.com. I'd also be glad to send you a couple back issues, so you can see what the magazine is.
Thanks for considering this. And whether you let us run the poem or not, thanks for posting it. It made me laugh out loud!
SWE
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