📧 “post on the Bible and soldiers”

Dear Mr. Isaac,

…I am a senior editor at The Century. Steve Thorngate forwarded your blog post to me because we've been doing a little reorganization and I am now handling submissions for the magazine. 

I've circulated your piece and we've decided not to do it. Here's my take: there is a lot that is of interest here, and I wonder about your willingness to explore these ideas at more depth than is possible in a blog post. I think you have a unique voice in the conversation and I would be willing to work with you on article ideas, if you are interested. 

Thanks for considering

@ 1325

Sure, I'd be happy to. I have realized the same thing, that I’m kind of lobbing grains of sand at Goliath. As a bit of a pariah, I just plug away as I am able, but I’d be delighted to chat about possibilities for greater depth. 

As an aside, we’ve interacted before, maybe before I was married? Until about 2016 my last name was Mehl-Laituri. 

@ 1329

Gosh, that was a long time ago, no? It is ringing a bell. 

What if I go through the piece that you sent and mark it up for the places where I was like: Say more, what do you mean, etc.? Alternatively, I would welcome a list of things that you would be interested in working on and we could go from there. 

Thanks.

@ 1330

I’m fine with whatever you think is best. This piece scratches the surface of a much larger ball of wax around theology which I’m happy to discuss with The Century, which is what I assumed y’all sensed. Let me know your preference and we can go from there.