DOES ANYONE WANT TO WRITE A BOOK WITH ME?

"I have a dream."  Didn't MLKJ say that?  That's right.  I have a dream.  I don't have a publishing budget, or a way to market another book.  I haven't forgiven myself for letting my first book die so quickly after publication.  But I still have a dream.  

I have written two more books in the last five years, but neither will see publication.  So the dream isn't necessarily to be published. I just want to write a book with someone.  I want to have a conversation.  

There are three books that profoundly impacted my life.  "Jim and Casper go to Church", "Undivided", and "Why I Left, Why I Stayed" .  All three books were conversations.  Three Christians (Jim Henderson, Patricia Raybon and Tony Campolo) each having a conversation with someone they cared about, but didn't share their faith expression with.  

Matt Casper: Jim's friend -  Atheist; 

Alana Raybon: Patricia's daughter - Muslim

Bart Campolo: Tony's son - Secular Humanist 

What courage, what grace, what love compelled all these authors to share a book and be real with each other.  

This is not an easy task.  I know that.  Writing books takes time.  I know that too.  Publishing books cost money.  I really know that.   So why do I want to do this.  I long for the kind of conversation these men and women had with each other.  I long for discussing differences and still loving each other and being able to show others that it is possible to do that.  I long to believe that my Agnostic label won't be a death sentence to every relationship I have.  

So if anyone is brave enough to start a conversation with the possibility of it leading somewhere.  Let me know.  I have time on my hands.  

This isn't about doing this with a stranger.  That seems too easy to imagine.  I want to imagine doing it with someone I love and that loves me.  That's right.  This needs to be an exercise in love.  Is it possible.  I don't know.  But that is what dreaming is all about.