You are warmly invited to join me the next two consecutive weeks as I interview two very, very impressive authors.

These conversational webinars are being hosted by us here (virtually) at Hearts & Minds, put together with help from the publishers (Zondervan and Paraclete, respectively) and will feature an hour or so with two wonderful writers, thinkers, communicators, and passionate advocates for a better world. You have heard me talk about both authors and both books at previous BookNotes so I will be brief.

Please feel free to share this with somebody who might appreciate knowing about these free online discussions. I sure do wish others beyond our circles would hear about these two outstanding events.

First, you are invited to spend an evening with Dorothy Littell Greco, author of the recent book (which I named as a “Best Books of 2025”) For the Love of Women: Uprooting and Healing Misogyny in America published by Zondervan. It sells for $19.99 and at our 20% off BookNotes discount it is just $15.99.

There has been a lot of concern expressed in recent years about mistreatment of girls and women in our society (even in churches of various stripes and denominations.)  Dorothy (who has worked as a journalist and is a long-time writer) helps us understand the nature of this devious misogyny and what we can do about it. As I noted in the previous reviews I did at BookNotes, her book is very informative about this problem in various sectors of social life — sexism in the work-world, the church, entertainment, healthcare, education, our intimate family lives and more — and, happily, it is hopeful. It is rooted in gospel-hope!  For the Love of Women offers well-researched diagnosis and truly helpful steps to not just uproot but to heal from this painful stuff.

It is a heavy topic, we know, but I have been told I’m an okay interviewer and I know Dorothy is a great conversationalist. We’ll chat about the book — maybe about her other books a bit, even, and her calling as a writer — as she give us suggestions for moving forward to a future that pleases God and brings healing to the public and personal hurts many have experienced. I am confident that it will be an important time. Spread the word, soon, won’t you?

It is this coming Tuesday evening, January 27th.

Join us at 7:30 EST this coming Tuesday night, January 27, 2026 at 7:30 pm EST.  Log on and listen in; there will be a way to ask questions and make comments, too, through the online chat feature at Zoom.  It’ll be good to gather.

Below is the link which allows you to pre-register. It’s a secure site which will then send back to you a link which is your free access to the online Zoom discussion of For the Love of Women with yours truly and author Dorothy Greco, at 7:30 EST on 1-27-26.

Use this registration link for the webinar with Dorothy Greco:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/misogyny-in-america-with-dorothy-greco-and-byron-borger-tickets-1980724025881?aff=oddtdtcreator

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One week later, on Tuesday evening, February 3, 2026 (at 8:00 pm EST) will be another free online evening of conversation and it will be a fabulously generative time, a conversation with one of the most interesting and thought-provoking and Christainly faithful people I know, my long-time pal and ally, Steve Garber. Any time with Steve — a phone call, a Facebook post, a Zoom meeting — is precious and inspiring, so our Evening with Steve Garber will be what he sometimes calls “a conversation with consequence.” I’m sure of it.

As you may know, we were among the first to get his brand new book, officially released this week, from his lovely publisher, Paraclete Press, Hints of Hope: Essays on Making Peace with the Proximate. The usual price of this very handsome paperback (with French folded covers) is $24.95 but at our BookNotes newsletter sale price it goes for $19.99.

I wrote in one of my early announcements of it that I am sure it will be listed as one of the very best books of 2026.

Hints of Hope is eloquent, literary, and filled with captivating tellings of long stories, complex examples of good men and women all over the world who have dared to make a difference in this hurting world. Filled with visions of vocation, they make peace with the notion that they cannot do everything and are glad to do what God gives them to do, repairing the world little by little, in faith, hope, and love. That word proximate — think approximate — says so much and undergirds the important title: Hints of Hope.

I sincerely hope that some who are energized by our webinar with Dorthy Greco this Tuesday will then come to be strengthened for the long haul of a life of Kingdom service by Steve on February 3rd. That starts at 8:00 Eastern and you’ll be able to type in questions and comments online. It’s going to be quite a conversation, I promise.

Below is the link which you must use to pre-register. Once you pre-register they will send you confirmation back which will be the link you must use to join the fun. Pre-register asap, please.

You must register in advance for this webinar with Steve Garber:

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