The Orthodox Heretic for 99c on Kindle (from Thursday 5th)!

All of us have burdens to bear and sufferings to endure, but there are also areas of our lives that bring pleasure and satisfaction. One of the blessings in my own life has been a strong sense of purpose. By this I don't mean that an angel visited me as an infant or that I happened upon some golden plates in a forest. In fact most of time I have no idea what I am doing or what the point of it is. Yet, from the age of seventeen, I have had a feeling that I was supposed to be doing it!

However, while I believe in what I am doing, this is accompanied by a deep and abiding dislike of promoting what I do. Promotion of ones own work is too often little more than a thinly disguised desire to promote oneself; and if ones ideas are simply a means of promoting oneself then they are likely to be very poor ideas that change as often as public opinion does.

So it causes a bit of dilemma. Obviously I want to get my work out there but I also don't want to buy a white suit and tell people that it will change your life (I am reminded of how The Purpose Driven Life begins by informing us that the book is so important God planned for us to read it from before we were born, and that it is so amazing it will change our life). OK, so maybe I secretly want the white suit… but anyway the point of all my rambling is to say this,

 

- I have a suspicion that God doesn't care that much about my books (God has got bigger things to worry about and, from what I have heard, is obsessed with the Left Behind series)

- I doubt my work will change your life (at least not in the way that falling in love, losing a friend, having a child, or going through a breakup will)

- And I am skeptical of anyone who claims such things of their musings

 

But, having said all that, I do think that my work might be worth 99c! So from this Thursday (5th May) The Orthodox Heretic will be available on Kindle for 99c (and will remain at this price for two weeks).

Now because this is just being advertised on my blog, twitter and facebook pages it is likely that many of the people who hear about this will already own the book. So here is were you come in. If you liked it and have a few dollars to spare please think about gifting the book to others. Also it would be wonderful if you could spread the word. After all God thinks my books are amazing and they have the power to transform your life… now were is that white suit…