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The New PFB Roster, Part 3

May 30, 2008 – 1:30 pm
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teased this last week, and now the time has come to start unveiling the writers who will be joining me as contributors on the site.

When I decided to expand the blog, I targeted writers who I respected for their writing skillz, the books they had authored, the average number of greens they hit in regulation, the connections they had, the number of bible verses they had memorized, and whether or not they could beat the crap out of me.

The Oceanic Six Authors that made the cut are money, and I look forward to collaborating with them to make Prayers For Blowouts a better experience for you, the reader. Some of them will post more than others, and that’s okay by me. I’ve not given them a mandate for how often I’d like them to contribute, I’ve only asked that when they have something to vent or ramble on about sports, that they do it here.

I decided to introduce the writers to y’all alphabetically, and here’s the last two. (I shared the first two on Wednesday and the second pair on Thursday. Please join me in welcoming them to the team.

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Jim Palmer is the author of Divine Nobodies and Wide Open Spaces. Four-way stops stress him out, Jim hates Roller Coasters and Ferris Wheels, and enjoys people watching in malls and airports. He is a clone of the Jim Rome sports radio show, still watches re-runs of Michael Jordan and the Bulls dynasty years, and does triathlons. Jim is a nobody, neighbor, and friend of all people. Jim is married with a daughter, and lives in Nashville. He has a dog named jack, a blog at divinenobodies.com, and you can email him at jim@divinenobodies.com.

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Larry Shallenberger Larry is a native of Erie, PA and have served as an associate pastor at Grace Church since 1997. Prior to that, Larry worked in the mental health field with children and adolescents. His two books for children’s ministry leaders are Lead the Way God Made You and Big Hairy Issues Kids Face.

Larry is a die-hard Philadelphia Eagles fan who has earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and has dabbled in MMA. He once prayed the Prayer of Jabez incorrectly and ended up with a perpetually expanding waist-line. Larry regrets having never traveled America in a VW van to find God. Now that he is the father of three, odds are that trip like would make him lose his faith.

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  1. 5 Responses to “The New PFB Roster, Part 3”

  2. By Jason Boyett on May 30, 2008 | Reply

    I’ve noticed that all the new kids’ name badges are white. Except mine. Already I’m the black sheep of the group. I’ll get picked last in all the kickball games and be forced to keep the scorebooks rather than actually play basketball. It’s like 10th grade all over again, but with less acne. This is not starting well.

  3. By bryan on May 30, 2008 | Reply

    here’s the breakdown on how that happened.

    1. bryan starts making name badges, uses white background.

    2. bryan gets to Jason’s picture which has a nice dark background already. bryan is too lazy to make it white.

    3. bryan figures someone else will get a badge with a non-white background…but that doesn’t happen.

    4. bryan hopes that jason will feel like his badge is special, knowing full well that eventually bryan’s OCD will not allow him to keep jason as the lone black ranger.

    5. the end

  4. By Jim Palmer on May 31, 2008 | Reply

    jason, i thought you got black because you were one of those die-hard, crazed Yankee fans.

  5. By Jason Boyett on May 31, 2008 | Reply

    I thought I got black because of the condition of my soul.

  6. By larry on Jun 1, 2008 | Reply

    Jim, How did your century on the bike go?

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