An Overview behind the Project:

You’ve seen this happen before . . . people working for organizations with low funds become so engrossed with their work that they forget or fail to realize there’s a world outside their organization. I’ve seen it happen to many a literary journal or literary magazine, and I’ve certainly seen it happen a lot (and I mean a lot) within churches.

Once my blog “The Price of Inspiration ” hit cyberspace I began to realize that that particular blog would never have happened if I hadn’t been working, thinking, breathing, and sleeping Relief. And although I do feel the blog was beneficial and necessary (yes, there are some people who think we’re stapling paper together like some pamphlet—we’re not. It’s a book), I can’t help but feel that I’ve forgotten what it feels like to work outside of a journal.

And so I introduce to you Operation Blog-About-More-Stuff.

About the Project:

The goal here is to not only write more consistently, but to offer a broader perspective of what it means to be Christian in today’s society. We’ve posted a few ads on some freelance writing sites, and on Chicago’s Craigslist, and we are now reviewing applications to broaden our staff writers. All because I feel we are in danger of narrowfocusness (yeah, that’s right . . . I made up a word). So, none of our staff writers will have anything to do with the journal. That’s right! If they volunteer to help (which would be really really tempting right before a deadline) we’re not going to let them. We don’t want to taint their wonderful and refreshing outside perspective.

We’re looking for people who like to write, who are spiritually and/or literarily inclined, and who want to work for free (sorry about that last part). If you’d like to apply, send a résumé and/or bio along with a writing sample to me, Heather (assistanteditor[at] you know the extension).

Steps of the Project:

1. Review applications

2. Interact with/pray about (or for) applicants

3. Hire applicants and discuss goals, expectations, and to make a blog schedule

4. Develop topics and an initial blog series (three or four blogs loosely related)

5. Edit Blogs

6. Post Blogs

With that schedule in mind, it might be a little while before the Relief community gets to know these new bloggers. But in the meantime, we at Relief are hoping to do more meaningful blogs and interviews. We’ve just found out that Paul and Susie Wirth of Relevant Church have agreed to do an interview with us as a follow-up to their controversial series called “The 30 Day Sex Challenge.” We’re also working on a lot of cool things for writers who can’t quite figure out how to use Microsoft Word. I’ve also been working on a video to act as a tutorial in how to format submissions. Those are just a few things we have in the works. So check back soon, or subscribe to our RSS feed to stay updated on all the cool happenings here at Relief and in the world of God (and of course literature).

See ya around,

Heather von Doehren

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