Tag: Sermons

• Keeping Track (or Not)

  I rarely pay attention to how my books are selling; popularity was never the point of producing them (although both my publisher and I are pleased when they do well). That said, this past September Sowing the Seed of Truth: Orthodox Quaker Sermons of Murray Shipley (1873-1876) came out in hardcover, so I sent an…

  sdarnowsky

  December 14, 2025

  News and Announcements

  Preaching, Quaker, Sermons

• 3, 2, 1 . . . Book Launch!

  During a turbulent period in their history, nineteenth-century members of the Religious Society of Friends were struggling with a challenging question: what exactly do Quakers believe? My recently published work, Sowing the Seed of Truth: Orthodox Quaker Sermons of Murray Shipley (1873-1876), provides an almost unique glimpse into the preaching of Gurneyite Friends, who made…

  sdarnowsky

  July 3, 2024

  Events, News and Announcements

  Author Event, Book Launch, Friends United Press, History, News, Preaching, Quaker, Quaker History, Quakerism, Quakers, Sermons

• Judging a Book by Its Cover

  Apparently, the old maxim is wrong: you can judge a book by its cover, or at least get a feel for its content. A good book cover designer considers the significance of the color palette, typeface, photos or graphics, and positioning of the design elements. A good cover does more than communicate the book’s title;…

  sdarnowsky

  November 16, 2023

  News and Announcements, Writing and Editing

  Book Cover, Cover Design, Friends United Press, Quaker, Sermons