Five-Minute Interview

Saw our blurb about us interviewing you in "Snippets & Soundbites" in the July issue? (Page 39 for those of you who are hurriedly flipping through the magazine!)

Well, you read that correctly; we want to interview you and publish some on your answers in upcoming issues! So, here are some questions. Talk back and tell us your answers!

1. What's your name?
2. If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
3. What's your favorite meal?
4. What's your favorite book?
5. What makes you feel embarrassed?
6. Tell us about a time when you were closest to God.
7. Do you have a hidden talent or skill few people know about? What is it? Explain!
8. What's your favorite part of ec?
9. If we were looking at the music on your iPod, what song would most surprise us? (If you don't have an iPod, just tell us what song or album you own that you think would surprise us.)
10. What's your favorite verse of Scripture?

Answer any or all of those questions! We'd love to hear from you! (And we'll be getting a link up in the sidebar of our homepage as soon as we can!) Until then, leave your comments here or visit us on Facebook and leave your answers there.

Ec needs you!

Yep, just like Uncle Sam and the army, we want you!

In recent months, ec has launched many new and different opportunities for your words to find a place on the pages of our print magazine. But the response. . . well, it's been a bit underwhelming. So read over this list of ways you can contribute to the magazine that's all about and for you:
• Letters and comments. We want to make a magazine for and about you and the stuff you're dealing with in real life. In order to know if we're on track or way off base, we need to hear from you. So write letters, send e-mails, and leave comments on our blog!

• dispatches: an ec blog. For the last several months, we've been printing short blog-like entries every 3 months or so on page 05 of the magazine. We know you have stuff to say about God, life, and fun. Why not share it with us?

• Where do you take your ec? "Snippets and Soundbites" became a regular feature of ec in October. Since then, we've been imploring you to send us a pic of you with your copy of ec at some location that's special, interesting, funny, or just cool. And we haven't heard from many of you! We'd love to print your pic in the magazine, so send it on! (You and your parents will have to return a release to us, so send your mailing address, too!)

• Student Blog. "Student Blog" is a recurring feature of ec that pops up in the print magazine every 3 months. It's a place for you to write about your faith, what God is teaching you, and new things you're learning about what it means to be a person of faith. You're already posting it on your blog, Facebook, and MySpace. Why not share with ec's readers?

• Everyday Faith. "Everyday Faith" also appears every 3 months in the magazine. It's a profile of an everyday teen who is living out his or her faith in the real world. We need all the help we can get finding these teens to watch, so send any ideas our way!

• Poems. Student-written poetry has always been a part of ec. We want it to remain so. Send your poems, short stories, and other examples of writing our way. We'll print a select few!

• Question of the Month. Yep, you've all seen the "Question of the Month." It resides on page 58 in the print magazine and in the sidebar on the left side of this page. It changes every month, and we print real reader's answers to a previously asked question each month. Sometimes, we get very little response, which makes me very sad! So e-mail us your answers by the dozens. We've made it easy with the link in the sidebar!

We at ec love our readers! We want this magazine to be the best it can be! And we want input from you! So send it on!