Member: markmobley

Sorry for the shameless self-promotion, but I thought you might like to know that my new novel, Dirty Little Angels, is now available. Thought you might be interested since people have compared it to Flannery O'Connor, who I noticed was on your shelf. Here's a summary in case you're interested:

Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by Moses's lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. Gradually, though, Moses's twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.

If you'd like to read the first chapter, you can read it here:
http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id...

Take care,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 10:53 pm (EST) on Mar 16, 2009

Hi markmobley. We seem to share backgrounds and some books. Maybe even some ideas. Wanna explore?

posted by saxhorn at 8:49 am (EST) on Sep 19, 2008

Hello Mark,
How was your weekend? Mine was alright. On sunday, we didn't have a normal service - after prayers, and praise 'n' worship, we went out for evangelism. The whole church, as well as first timers! This is the second or third time we're doing this. It was alright. We were out for about an hour, and i somehow talked to 2 muslims.

posted by Timi at 5:25 am (EST) on Aug 27, 2007

Mark,
I have read both those books, as well as "Under the Banner of Heaven." Krakauer is an interesting writer.

posted by somejumps at 1:13 am (EST) on Aug 16, 2007

My church is traditionally an evangelical church. I belong to one of our very few (about 5) youth branches. Just us young 'uns and a couple of elders to maintain order. However, we tend to be more of a 'let your light so shine' sort of church...

posted by Timi at 11:17 am (EST) on Aug 13, 2007

Soul winning? In theory, i know how it's supposed to work. In real life, how are you guys doing?

posted by Timi at 5:55 am (EST) on Aug 10, 2007

Mark --

That was a wonderful post (#39) about abortion over on the pit bull thread (of all things!). I haven't been following the threads, so I missed my chance to jump in, but wanted to let you know that I appreciate the time, concentration, and emotional outlay that post must have cost.

You also pretty much summed up my own feelings on the subject. I am going to save that post so I can refer to it when I need a good summary of the issue.

Thanks!

posted by ggchickapee at 11:11 am (EST) on Aug 8, 2007

Really interesting! What's your church like? I'm guessing pentecostal. We (Nigerians) tend to gravitate towards those. Except they're my parents, and then they would be catholic.

posted by Timi at 6:40 am (EST) on Aug 7, 2007

interesting library. why did you get those particular books?

posted by Timi at 7:39 am (EST) on Aug 6, 2007