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Call for Submissions! Issue 16, Christian Testimonies, Book Reviews, & More

Heart of Flesh Literary Journal is OPEN for submissions!

We are looking for poetry, flash fiction, short stories, creative nonfiction, and visual art for our upcoming issue, and Christian testimonies and book reviews for our blog!

Issue 16:

We prefer literary work, but we accept all genres of poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art & photography. Genres we accept include sci-fi, magical realism, historical fiction, etc. Just make sure the work includes a Christian theme.

Send us:

• Poetry: 1–3 poems at a time (no length limits).
• Flash Fiction: 1–3 pieces at a time (700 words per piece, max).
• Short Fiction: 1 piece at a time (4,000 words max).
• Creative Nonfiction: 1 piece at a time (4,000 words max).
• Art & Photography: 1–4 pieces at a time, preferably with artist statement and details such as size and medium.

Deadline: September 20th

READ FULL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Christian Testimonies:

We are looking for Christian testimonies to publish on our blog.

A Christian testimony is the true story of how you personally came to know and follow Jesus. It often includes (but is not limited to):

1. the story of your life before Christ
2. the story of how the Lord saved you
3. a short reflection of your new life in Christ

Word count: 500 – 4,000 words

Testimonies may be previously published.

A selection of testimonies will be posted weekly during the month of October on our blog.

Read our published testimonies here.

Deadline: September 20th

READ TESTIMONY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Book Reviews:

We are looking for reviews of Christian-themed books (fiction, nonfiction, essay, poetry) to publish on our blog during the months October and November.

Word count: 500 – 1,000 words

No queries or proposals. Just full reviews.

Check out this book review by Danielle Page to get an idea of what we’re looking for.

Deadline: September 20th

READ BOOK REVIEW SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Pure in Heart Stories:

Pure in Heart Stories is our family-friendly literary magazine that publishes work by writers and artists of all ages. We accept work from adults, teens, and kids ages 6 and older.

Send Pure in Heart:

• Poetry: 1-5 poems (no length limits).
• Short Stories: 1-2 stories (2,000 words max, each).
• Art & Photography: 1-4 pieces.
• Comics: 1-2 pieces.
• Jokes: 1-3 jokes.
• Recipes: 1-2 recipes.

Deadline: August 31st

READ SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Have a question? We may have answered it in our FAQ. Or you can contact us here.

Photo by Marek Piwnicki on Pexels.com.

Call for Submissions! Issue 16, Christian Testimonies, Book Reviews, & More

Heart of Flesh Literary Journal is OPEN for submissions!

We are looking for poetry, flash fiction, short stories, creative nonfiction, and visual art for our upcoming issue, and Christian testimonies and book reviews for our blog!

Issue 16:

We prefer literary work, but we accept all genres of poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art & photography. Genres we accept include sci-fi, magical realism, historical fiction, etc. Just make sure the work includes a Christian theme.

Send us:

• Poetry: 1–3 poems at a time (no length limits).
• Flash Fiction: 1–3 pieces at a time (700 words per piece, max).
• Short Fiction: 1 piece at a time (4,000 words max).
• Creative Nonfiction: 1 piece at a time (4,000 words max).
• Art & Photography: 1–4 pieces at a time, preferably with artist statement and details such as size and medium.

Deadline: September 20th

READ FULL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Christian Testimonies:

We are looking for Christian testimonies to publish on our blog.

A Christian testimony is the true story of how you personally came to know and follow Jesus. It often includes (but is not limited to):

1. the story of your life before Christ
2. the story of how the Lord saved you
3. a short reflection of your new life in Christ

Word count: 500 – 4,000 words

Testimonies may be previously published.

A selection of testimonies will be posted weekly during the month of October on our blog.

Read our published testimonies here.

Deadline: September 20th

READ TESTIMONY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Book Reviews:

We are looking for reviews of Christian-themed books (fiction, nonfiction, essay, poetry) to publish on our blog during the months October and November.

Word count: 500 – 1,000 words

No queries or proposals. Just full reviews.

Check out this book review by Danielle Page to get an idea of what we’re looking for.

Deadline: September 20th

READ BOOK REVIEW SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Pure in Heart Stories:

Pure in Heart Stories is our family-friendly literary magazine that publishes work by writers and artists of all ages. We accept work from adults, teens, and kids ages 6 and older.

Send Pure in Heart:

• Poetry: 1-5 poems (no length limits).
• Short Stories: 1-2 stories (2,000 words max, each).
• Art & Photography: 1-4 pieces.
• Comics: 1-2 pieces.
• Jokes: 1-3 jokes.
• Recipes: 1-2 recipes.

Deadline: August 31st

READ SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Have a question? We may have answered it in our FAQ. Or you can contact us here.

Photo by Marek Piwnicki on Pexels.com.

Announcement: New Reading Period for the Fall Issue

Hello to all the writers, poets, and artists, and to our Heart of Flesh family,

We have a new reading period this year for our Fall issue! Our submission window will open on July 20th (in two weeks!) and will close on September 20th. Our editor-in-chief will be going on a mission trip at the end of September into October, and she needs a little extra time to go over submissions. The issue is still scheduled to be released in November.

We’re so excited to read your work. If you feel led, please pray for our editor — for the submission process, for the mission trip, and for the wisdom, discernment, and blessing from God to cultivate an issue that will glorify Him above all else.

May God bless and guide you all on your creative journeys, and we hope to see your work in the coming weeks!

Photo by Nothing Ahead on Pexels.com

Announcement: New Reading Period for the Fall Issue

Hello to all the writers, poets, and artists, and to our Heart of Flesh family,

We have a new reading period this year for our Fall issue! Our submission window will open on July 20th (in two weeks!) and will close on September 20th. Our editor-in-chief will be going on a mission trip at the end of September into October, and she needs a little extra time to go over submissions. The issue is still scheduled to be released in November.

We’re so excited to read your work. If you feel led, please pray for our editor — for the submission process, for the mission trip, and for the wisdom, discernment, and blessing from God to cultivate an issue that will glorify Him above all else.

May God bless and guide you all on your creative journeys, and we hope to see your work in the coming weeks!

Photo by Nothing Ahead on Pexels.com

https://mastodon.social/@randahl/115507006485634894

This is why @fabio made the Gaza Verified Archive (e.g., see https://gaza.onl/attachments) that archives everything posted by our #GazaVerified families.

And you can run a mirror to make it even more resilient and ensure that their testimonies are not lost to history: https://git.platypush.tech/blacklight/gaza-archive

It also has an API: https://gaza.onl/swagger/

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #GazaVerifiedArchive #archiving #israel #genocide #testimonies

https://mastodon.social/@randahl/115507006485634894

This is why @fabio made the Gaza Verified Archive (e.g., see https://gaza.onl/attachments) that archives everything posted by our #GazaVerified families.

And you can run a mirror to make it even more resilient and ensure that their testimonies are not lost to history: https://git.platypush.tech/blacklight/gaza-archive

It also has an API: https://gaza.onl/swagger/

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #GazaVerifiedArchive #archiving #israel #genocide #testimonies

How a Japanese museum project is passing on the testimony of the last atomic bomb survivors

Known as hibakus…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #AtomicbombingsofHiroshimaandNagasaki #hibakusha #hiroshimapeacememorial #historicalcontext #Japanese #Japanesenews #news #NobelPeacePrize #Nuclearwarfare #nuclearweapons #survivortestimonies #survivortestimony #testimonies #witnesstestimony
https://www.alojapan.com/1344866/how-a-japanese-museum-project-is-passing-on-the-testimony-of-the-last-atomic-bomb-survivors/

https://www.alojapan.com/1344866/how-a-japanese-museum-project-is-passing-on-the-testimony-of-the-last-atomic-bomb-survivors/ How a Japanese museum project is passing on the testimony of the last atomic bomb survivors #AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki #hibakusha #HiroshimaPeaceMemorial #HistoricalContext #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #NobelPeacePrize #NuclearWarfare #NuclearWeapons #SurvivorTestimonies #SurvivorTestimony #testimonies #WitnessTestimony Known as hibakusha in Japan, the survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasa

A Million Kites - #Testimonies and #Poems from the #Children of #Gaza

https://www.amillionkites.com

A Million Kites - #Testimonies and #Poems from the #Children of #Gaza

https://www.amillionkites.com

Discover how faith transformed the lives of famous figures like Alice Cooper, Justin Bieber, and Denzel Washington. 🌟 Their stories of redemption and grace will inspire your own journey! #Faith #Testimonies #Inspiration

https://bdking71.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/from-rock-stars-to-athletes-inspiring-christian-testimonies-that-will-strengthen-your-faith/

Discover how faith transformed the lives of famous figures like Alice Cooper, Justin Bieber, and Denzel Washington. 🌟 Their stories of redemption and grace will inspire your own journey! #Faith #Testimonies #Inspiration

https://bdking71.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/from-rock-stars-to-athletes-inspiring-christian-testimonies-that-will-strengthen-your-faith/

1/9 Hunger as a weapon: testimonies of residents who survived occupation Using food as a means of pressure, the occupiers aim to sow despair and hopelessness among Ukraine's peaceful population #Occupation #UkraineResilience #HungerAsWeapon #Testimonies #Ukraine #UkrainianView

#Free #Decolonial #OpenAccess #Research Paper.

Building the #SettlerColonial Order: #Police (In)Actions in Response to #Violence Against #IndigenousWomen in #Canada

Abstract:

In this article we focus on missing and murdered #Indigenous women, girls, and #2SLGBTQQIA people in Canada. We theorize narratives that police employ to respond to this violence. Using a broad data sample of #testimonies across Canada, this article contributes to understanding how police (in)actions make sense of, justify, and dismiss violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people. We draw from 48 in-depth semi-structured interviews with Indigenous peoples in Toronto and other Canadian cities and 219 testimonies from the Canadian National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (NIMMIWG). The #analysis finds that police repeatedly use similar frames (topics), styles (linguistic and behavioral strategies), and storylines (narratives) to respond to violence against Indigenous peoples. While framing Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people as deviants helps police make sense of and explain violence against them, the use of verbal and behavioral strategies (indifference, callousness, and lack of information) and storylines (“they were [insert pathologizing frame]” and “there’s nothing we can do”) allows police to dismiss and justify acts of violence. We argue that the frames, styles, and storylines employed by police perpetuate violence. Police (in)actions are fundamental to achieving settler #colonialism’s ideological and material dimensions.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08912432231171171

#CDNpoli #IndigenousCanada #NativeMastodon #NativeCanada #SystematicRacism #KKKanada #ColonialViolence #RacistRCMP #ACAB #Injustice #TruthBeforeReconciliation #CanadianCops #MMIGW2S

#Free #Decolonial #OpenAccess #Research Paper.

Building the #SettlerColonial Order: #Police (In)Actions in Response to #Violence Against #IndigenousWomen in #Canada

Abstract:

In this article we focus on missing and murdered #Indigenous women, girls, and #2SLGBTQQIA people in Canada. We theorize narratives that police employ to respond to this violence. Using a broad data sample of #testimonies across Canada, this article contributes to understanding how police (in)actions make sense of, justify, and dismiss violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people. We draw from 48 in-depth semi-structured interviews with Indigenous peoples in Toronto and other Canadian cities and 219 testimonies from the Canadian National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (NIMMIWG). The #analysis finds that police repeatedly use similar frames (topics), styles (linguistic and behavioral strategies), and storylines (narratives) to respond to violence against Indigenous peoples. While framing Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people as deviants helps police make sense of and explain violence against them, the use of verbal and behavioral strategies (indifference, callousness, and lack of information) and storylines (“they were [insert pathologizing frame]” and “there’s nothing we can do”) allows police to dismiss and justify acts of violence. We argue that the frames, styles, and storylines employed by police perpetuate violence. Police (in)actions are fundamental to achieving settler #colonialism’s ideological and material dimensions.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08912432231171171

#CDNpoli #IndigenousCanada #NativeMastodon #NativeCanada #SystematicRacism #KKKanada #ColonialViolence #RacistRCMP #ACAB #Injustice #TruthBeforeReconciliation #CanadianCops #MMIGW2S

#RecommendedReading for #Decolonial #Education. #Free #OpenAccess report.

About Murder by Decree

Murder by Decree is an #uncensored #record of the planned #extermination of #IndigenousChildren in #Canada’s murderous Indian #ResidentialSchools. It is issued as a corrective #CounterReport to the miscarriage of #justice by Church and State known as the “Truth and Reconciliation Commission” #TRC. Based on eyewitness #testimonies and #archival #documentation deliberately suppressed or ignored by the TRC, Murder by Decree proves that the #genocide of #IndigenousPeople began as a religion-led campaign and continues to be a deliberate governmental policy in Canada. This Counter Report reveals these startling facts: – Over half of Indian residential school children began dying the very first year these church-run facilities were opened – This huge mortality rate continued unabated for over a half century because of deliberate practices of germ warfare according to a prescribed monthly “death quota” – Evidence of these crimes and their intentional nature has been continually destroyed by the RCMP and the #Catholic, #Anglican and #UnitedChurch since at least 1960 – The same genocide continues today, is aimed at indigenous women and children, and is driven by foreign corporate interests hungry for #NativeLands and resources Murder by Decree is issued by The International Tribunal for the Disappeared of Canada (ITDC), an international #coalition of #jurists and #HumanRights groups. The ITDC was formed in December, 2015 to investigate the disappearance of people in Canada, prosecute those responsible and prevent a further #whitewash by Canada of its #CrimesAgainstHumanity. This report is an answer to these #crimes and an urgent summons to the world and to all #Canadians to live no longer under #genocidal #regimes.

Published by the #ITDC Central Offices in #Brussels and #Toronto. For more information write to [email protected] .

http://murderbydecree.com/

#CDNpoli #IndigenousRights #ColonialViolence #CoverUp #KKKanada #FirstNations #NativeCanada #IndigenousCanada #Decolonization #DecolonizeYourMind #NativeRights #UNDRIP #Injustices #ColonialCrimes #TruthBeforeReconciliation

#RecommendedReading for #Decolonial #Education. #Free #OpenAccess report.

About Murder by Decree

Murder by Decree is an #uncensored #record of the planned #extermination of #IndigenousChildren in #Canada’s murderous Indian #ResidentialSchools. It is issued as a corrective #CounterReport to the miscarriage of #justice by Church and State known as the “Truth and Reconciliation Commission” #TRC. Based on eyewitness #testimonies and #archival #documentation deliberately suppressed or ignored by the TRC, Murder by Decree proves that the #genocide of #IndigenousPeople began as a religion-led campaign and continues to be a deliberate governmental policy in Canada. This Counter Report reveals these startling facts: – Over half of Indian residential school children began dying the very first year these church-run facilities were opened – This huge mortality rate continued unabated for over a half century because of deliberate practices of germ warfare according to a prescribed monthly “death quota” – Evidence of these crimes and their intentional nature has been continually destroyed by the RCMP and the #Catholic, #Anglican and #UnitedChurch since at least 1960 – The same genocide continues today, is aimed at indigenous women and children, and is driven by foreign corporate interests hungry for #NativeLands and resources Murder by Decree is issued by The International Tribunal for the Disappeared of Canada (ITDC), an international #coalition of #jurists and #HumanRights groups. The ITDC was formed in December, 2015 to investigate the disappearance of people in Canada, prosecute those responsible and prevent a further #whitewash by Canada of its #CrimesAgainstHumanity. This report is an answer to these #crimes and an urgent summons to the world and to all #Canadians to live no longer under #genocidal #regimes.

Published by the #ITDC Central Offices in #Brussels and #Toronto. For more information write to [email protected] .

http://murderbydecree.com/

#CDNpoli #IndigenousRights #ColonialViolence #CoverUp #KKKanada #FirstNations #NativeCanada #IndigenousCanada #Decolonization #DecolonizeYourMind #NativeRights #UNDRIP #Injustices #ColonialCrimes #TruthBeforeReconciliation

Zur Erinnerung: Zu der heutigen Veranstaltung "Zeugenschaft des 7.Oktober - Testimonies of October 7th u.a. mit Miriam Rürup (#MMZ) gibt es auch einen Stream. Der Link wird nach der Anmeldung verschickt. Achtung: Es werden Ausschnitte mit Berichten von den Übergriffen gezeigt.

#Israel #October7th #Zeugenschaft #Testimonies

Zur Ankündigung:
https://wisskomm.social/@mmzpotsdam/113264750457167023

Zur Erinnerung: Zu der heutigen Veranstaltung "Zeugenschaft des 7.Oktober - Testimonies of October 7th u.a. mit Miriam Rürup (#MMZ) gibt es auch einen Stream. Der Link wird nach der Anmeldung verschickt. Achtung: Es werden Ausschnitte mit Berichten von den Übergriffen gezeigt.

#Israel #October7th #Zeugenschaft #Testimonies

Zur Ankündigung:
https://wisskomm.social/@mmzpotsdam/113264750457167023

The #DoubleStandard of #Christian #Testimonies

#KristiBurke #atheism #atheist #deconversion #deconstruction #fear #hell #god #christianity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5z1Pf8HyRI

#In this episode I discuss how our once Christian testimonies become weaponized against us when we leave the #church, and how to gain a fresh perspective on life after leaving, even when everyone in the church wants to disregard your story.

The #DoubleStandard of #Christian #Testimonies

#KristiBurke #atheism #atheist #deconversion #deconstruction #fear #hell #god #christianity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5z1Pf8HyRI

#In this episode I discuss how our once Christian testimonies become weaponized against us when we leave the #church, and how to gain a fresh perspective on life after leaving, even when everyone in the church wants to disregard your story.

IDF officers invoked defunct ‘Hannibal Protocol’ during Oct. 7 fighting
"Haaretz reported on Sun tt it had obtained documents & collected #testimonies fr troops who partook in the fighting on Oct 7. The data, #Haaretz said, collectively pointed toward the use of e #HannibalProtocol, a #military order officially repealed in 2016.. #IDF was caught completely unaware & thus struggled to mount a response during e 1st few hours of e invasion"
Why do #Israelis still trust IDF?🤔
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-officers-invoked-defunct-hannibal-protocol-during-oct-7-fighting-report/

Not on novels, but on Holocaust survivor testimonials:

Eitan Wagner, Renana Keydar, Amir Pinchevski & Omri Abend (2023). "Automatic Topic-Guided Segmentation of Holocaust Survivor Testimonies", Journal of Computational Literary Studies 2 (1), 1–26. doi: https://doi.org/10.48694/jcls.3580.

Keywords: #segmentation, #spoken narratives, #testimonies, #narrative analysis, #topic analysis, mutual information, #NLP #CLS #JCLS

Not on novels, but on Holocaust survivor testimonials:

Eitan Wagner, Renana Keydar, Amir Pinchevski & Omri Abend (2023). "Automatic Topic-Guided Segmentation of Holocaust Survivor Testimonies", Journal of Computational Literary Studies 2 (1), 1–26. doi: https://doi.org/10.48694/jcls.3580.

Keywords: #segmentation, #spoken narratives, #testimonies, #narrative analysis, #topic analysis, mutual information, #NLP #CLS #JCLS

https://youtu.be/pZrWXDMGXLI?si=3aEZw6UAmedK4dfN

Full version of #Testimonies by Ido Sela. It's exceptionally traumatic so be warned.

@mondoweiss

If you haven't watched the Ido Sela movie #Testimonies it's absolutely amazing, horrifying and instructive as the the #Intifada

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUQIDwTdPcU

That's just the trailer but I found a full copy a few years back, unfortunately that link is dead and the movie itself appears to be suppressed these days.

I saw it live at the Brookline Jewish Film Festival and people were screaming at each other, crying, getting into the directors face, it was absolutely wrenching.

“We were forced out of our homes. The situation is indescribable. What you see on TV screens is not even 5 percent of what we are living on the ground. People are killed, torn to pieces; others charred to death; others severely injured; many left homeless; many children killed and more orphaned. Our home inside Gaza was destroyed, we were forced to come to Rafah.”

@palestine
#Gaza
#testimonies

“We were forced out of our homes. The situation is indescribable. What you see on TV screens is not even 5 percent of what we are living on the ground. People are killed, torn to pieces; others charred to death; others severely injured; many left homeless; many children killed and more orphaned. Our home inside Gaza was destroyed, we were forced to come to Rafah.”

@palestine
#Gaza
#testimonies

#Gaza: #Testimonies highlight grim plight of #civilians expecting to die https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/10/1142882 #war #WarOnGaza #WarCrime #HumanRightsViolations

#Gaza: #Testimonies highlight grim plight of #civilians expecting to die https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/10/1142882 #war #WarOnGaza #WarCrime #HumanRightsViolations

@kaffando @GottaLaff
Watch Ido Sela's 1993 film "Testimonies" if you can find it.

#Testimonies #Intifada

Am I the only one on Plex with a copy of the 1993 #IdoSela film #Testimonies AKA #Eduyot ? I ask because it's a hell of a film but very, very difficult to find.

This #documentary features #Black #women active in #politics as well as #community , #labour & #feminist organizing. They share their #insights & personal #testimonies on the double #legacy of #racism & #sexism , linking their personal #struggles with the #ongoing #battle to end #systemic #discrimination & #violence against women and #PeopleOfColour .

https://www.nfb.ca/film/sisters_in_the_struggle/

#BlackFriday #BIPOC #NFB #DocFilm #Canada #HumanRights #BLM #Sisterhood