Copyright and Sharing

If something I’ve written is worth passing along, I’m glad it found a reader. Here’s how you can share it.

Quoting and forwarding

You’re welcome to refer to an article, quote from it, or forward a copy privately to someone who might want to read it. Please include a direct link to the original article on Elders at the City Gates. In print, give the full web address so readers can find it.

Republishing a whole article

If you’re publishing an article because you agree with the ideas it expresses and want to share them with your readers, you have my permission to reprint the article in full. Please keep the author’s byline as it appears on the article and include a direct link to the original, or its full web address in print.

When it appears, please email contact@eldersatthecitygates.org with the article title, your publication’s name, the publication date, the page number or web link, and a few words about how you used it. I keep that correspondence as a record of the reprint and the permission under which it appeared.

If you’re writing to argue against an article, you’re welcome to quote the passages you’re responding to and link readers to the full piece here. For a full reprint in that setting, please contact me for separate permission.

Illustrations

The illustrations on this site are AI-generated. I dedicate any copyright I hold in them to the public domain. Where local law limits that dedication, you have my permission to copy, adapt, and share them for any purpose.

Earlier articles and other people’s work

Some articles appeared on the earlier site under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Anyone using material covered by that license may continue to do so under its terms, including for criticism. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

I can grant permission for my own writing. Quoted material, including passages from copyrighted Bible translations, carries its own terms. You may also rely on rights the law gives you directly, including fair use where it applies.