A Change is Gonna Come

Dearest Readers,

This is John Pattison, the BWC books editor. I am writing this week’s letter on behalf of the other editors to tell you about Part Two of the Burnside Readers Survey. The response to Part One was overwhelming. Thank you. (You can learn more about the survey results here.)

Part Two of the survey is designed to provide further clarification about who you are and what you want. For example, we learned in the previous survey that more than 80% of you are between the ages of 18 and 34. We would like to get more specific than that.

Also, the BWC is taking its first tentative steps into capitalism. Our future advertisers on the BWC want to know a little more about your online purchases. We have a couple very general, non-invasive questions.

And, in our first poll, we asked you what you wanted to see in future issues of the Writers Collective. We want to follow up here on some of your (very good) ideas about the future of the BWC. One idea that we are especially excited about is a possible print magazine. We have a couple questions about that. Please give us as much feedback as possible.

Finally, unbeknownst to our esteemed editor-in-chief, I threw in a question at the end of the survey that may just change the world. Question 10 says: “Jordan Green is thinking about running for president on the Christian Anarchist ticket. What should his campaign slogan be?” The survey has been up for a week now and we have received some great responses. I will close out the letter with some of my favorites. (The responses to this question, like the rest of the survey, are completely anonymous.) Thank you for taking the time to fill out the survey. Have a wonderful week.

- John Pattison

Question 10: Jordan Green is thinking about running for president on the Christian Anarchist ticket. What should his campaign slogan be?

Finally, a government that’ll only ride your ass if its Palm Sunday.

F***ing do what you want and don’t give a shit. Jesus has grace.