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April 2018

April 23, 2018

Watchful Dragons

I think most people assume stories make difficult things easier to understand. That's why preachers...

April 04, 2018

On Committing Fiction as a Pastor

What follows are some concluding remarks to a talk I am delivering at Eastern Nazarene...

January 2018

January 17, 2018

You’re So Special! The Real Dark Art of Harry Potter & Stories Like It

I’ve come to see that Harry Potter truly is a Trojan Horse in one respect–and...

December 2017

December 04, 2017

The Purloined Boy is Here!

Well, lookie what came in the mail! My young adult fantasy series has just had...

November 2017

November 04, 2017

Give the Gift of “Eucatastrophe” this Christmas!

Like so many other people, the works of J. R. R. Tolkien have stirred me...

October 2017

October 10, 2017

Man of the House Reviewed in Chronicles

Things are a bit busy for me these days. I'm finishing up some edits on...

August 2017

August 03, 2017

Rev. Gore’s Altar Call: An Inconvenient Sequel Reviewed

It's propaganda, but there is more Elmer Gantry than Goebbels to it. Rev. Gore has...

June 2017

June 06, 2017

Flannery O’Connor and the Meaning of the World

I've been reading essays from Flannery O'Connor's occasional prose. Since I write fiction, I'm interested...

March 2017

March 07, 2017

Bombadil at Home

When it comes to what the Bible means by taking dominion Tom Bombadil comes to...

November 2016

November 15, 2016

Fish Stories: Is Fiction Just a Well-told Lie?

One of my favorite films--definitely in the top 5--is Tim Burton's, Big Fish. The story...

November 12, 2016

Jack, the Giant, and the Indigestible Bean

A modern fable about love and work. by C. R. Wiley There were giants in...

November 01, 2016

Tolkien’s Leaf by Niggle: What Will Become of Our Work?

Leaf by Niggle is a personal favorite. It's right up there with Smith of Wootton...

October 2016

October 25, 2016

Is Horror Fiction Immoral?

Last evening I was in attendance for a reading at a local library by contributors...