I guess it all started with my parents\u2019 subscription to Reader\u2019s Digest. I enjoyed reading the brief articles. I never much liked reading long bodies of material at one setting. Then I had a Seminary professor who assigned us fifty-word papers to write. He said anyone could elaborate, but an accomplished writer could abbreviate. So I guess that\u2019s how I got to writing my one paragraph, spiritual jump-starts for the week, entitled, Dr. Dan\u2019s Monday Morning Manna. It doesn\u2019t quite fit in the 140 character Twitter world, but its close. And it\u2019s biblical. In Ephesians 3:3, Paul writes of the mystery, \u201cas I have briefly written already\u201d and Peter writes in 1 Peter 5:12, \u201cI have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.\u201d Having written the Monday Manna long enough to finally have 365 editions, I have recently signed a contract with Worldwide Publishing Group, and sometime in late summer \u201cMorning Manna: Hidden and Unhidden\u201d will be released \u2013 brief, daily jump starts for your spiritual life, each followed by a prayer to continue. I am oft reminded of the five B\u2019s of public speaking that could apply to writing just as well \u2013 Be Brief Beloved, Be Brief. That\u2019s it for today. Be brief this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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