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Emma C. Fox is a gifted storyteller and also a founding member of The Habit Membership for Writers. The folktales of Russia and Siberia serve as the basis of her novels, which combine historical fiction, fantasy fiction, and folktale retellings. Her most recent novel is Heart of Stone, Book 2 of the Serpents and Stone Series. In this episode, Emma and Jonathan Rogers talk about the challenges of writing historical fantasy, and how a mid-century ballet, spelunking in the Appalachians, and a copper mine tour in Chile gave birth to this fantasy trilogy.
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Sophie Killingley is an artist, cartoonist, and writer. She’s also a mother of two autistic teens, a pastor's wife, and a late-diagnosed neurodivergent woman. She says that her new book, Blessed Are the Neurodivergent, is the book she was waiting for someone else to write. She finally decided to stop waiting and write it herself. Blessed are the Neurodivergent is a compassionate, honest and often funny exploration of what it means to be autistic, ADHD, or otherwise neurodivergent in a church culture largely built by and for neurotypical people. In this episode, Sophie and Jonathan Rogers discuss what neurotypical people need to know in order to be better friends, neighbors, and co-congregants to neurodivergent people and their families. They also talk about neurodiversity and creativity, and what neurodivergent congregants add to a church body.
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At the beginning of Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin asks the narrator, “Could you very sweetly tell Winnie the Pooh [a story]?” When Joe Sutphin and Kevan Chandler sat down to make a graphic novel of Winnie the Pooh, that’s exactly how they decided to tell the story–very sweetly. In this episode, Joe and Kevan speak with Jonathan Rogers about their beautiful new book, Winnie the Pooh: The Graphic Novel.
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To celebrate the re-release of The Charlatan's Boy by Jonathan Rogers, this episode of The Habit Podcast features the first three chapters of the audiobook, read by the author.
The Charlatan's Boy in hardback at the Rabbit Room Store
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Pete Killingley is Head of Church Engagement for CARE–Christian Action Research and Education in the UK. He helps Christians and churches engage with politics with truth and grace, and think through the big ethical issues being debated in our public square with clarity and compassion. His first book is A Christian's Guide to AI. It’s a book designed to help readers weigh up the everyday implications of navigating life and faith alongside AI–with humility and a hopeful outlook. In this conversation Pete explains why he speaks of AI as apparent intelligence rather than artificial intelligence. And he offers up some helpful questions to ask any time you’re weighing whether or not to use AI in any particular situation.
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