Letter From the Editor
Dear Readers,
Real people, real life, real grace – that’s what you’ll find within the pages of 8x10: A Picture of Grace, the newest
quarterly grace-focused publication from The Oasis Network For Churches. I have to admit, it’s a little exposing to have a photo of yourself on the cover of a magazine, but I wanted to begin this issue by modeling the
level of transparency and honesty within the movement of grace that we hope to portray in subsequent issues of
8x10.
It’s my intent that this doesn’t just become another religious magazine, but a celebration of grace at work in
people. From recording artists to pastors, single moms to politicians, grace is at work in individuals’ lives and
everyone has a message to share and a story to unveil. In addition to this, I hope that this humble publication
could provide some much needed direction to the ‘grace movement’. Through resources, teaching articles, and
product information, 8x10 is full of information you can trust.
In this first issue, Clint Byars helps us to navigate through the pains of being ‘over-churched’, Scott Hayes shows
us the difference between ‘good advice’ and ‘good news’, Stephanie Salisbury helps us catch up with former
American Idol semi-finalist Joanna Beasley, and also pens our cover story, an honest question and answer with
me discussing the Oasis Network’s role in the gospel revolution.
I hope you enjoy this first issue of 8x10. I want to encourage you to send us feedback, so please feel free to contact me at my email address below.
Lucas Miles
Senior Editor
[email protected]
www.oasnet.org
S
cott Hayes is
the founding
and lead pastor
of Oasis East
Lansing Church
in Michigan. He
communicates
in churches,
Bible schools,
non-profit organizations, and businesses, and has been
featured on television both nationally
and internationally. He is a co-founder of
the Oasis Grace Association and is most
passionate about sharing on the topics of
God’s goodness, church planting, leadership and finding freedom from sexual
addiction and pornography. Connect
with Scott on Twitter (@ScottJHayes) or
through www.oasisel.com.
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S
tephanie J.
Salisbury
is an inspirational writer
and freelance
editor based in
Middlebury,
Indiana. Her
column, A Journey of Reinvention, has been printed in the Niles Daily
Star and the Good Neighbor News, and
her blog has been linked to the Oakland
Press. You can find Stephanie and A
Journey of Reinvention on Facebook, on
Twitter (@sjstowe), and at www.AJourneyofReinvention.com. Besides writing,
Stephanie enjoys Michigan football,
jigsaw puzzles, and spending time with
her husband, Stephen.
C
lint Byars
is Pastor
of Forward
Church in Atlanta, Georgia
and the author
several books
including an
award winning
novel entitled
The Book of Creation. Clint’s dramatic
deliverance and salvation is chronicled
in the book Devil Walk. “I simply want
to inspire people to trust God, because
He is always good and trustworthy.”
You can find Clint’s blog online at www.
ForwardMinistries.org.