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January 2018

January 08, 2018

What Is the Appeal of Jack Donovan for Many Young Christian Men?

If you know who Jack Donovan is, you don’t need me to explain what I’m...

September 2016

September 14, 2016

I Like It When a Children’s Book Scares Me a Little

I'm nearly done writing the text for a children's picture book. It's called Daisy (at...

September 09, 2016

How to Tell a Story Like an Inkling

Chapter One: Kick the Allegory Habit (Editorial note: this puts my last four posts on...

September 06, 2016

And Now, in Conclusion: How to End a Story

"Have the courage to conclude."  (Don't recall where I read that, but it's good advice.)...

September 02, 2016

Tales of the Sublime: They aren’t Safe, but They Can be Good

G. K. Chesterton once spoke of nature as our "little sister" and C. S. Lewis...

June 2016

June 01, 2016

Calvinism and the Sublime: the Art of Darkness

I suspect that both the apologists for Calvinism and its detractors misunderstand its appeal. It...

March 2016

March 04, 2016

H. P. Lovecraft, Evangelist of the Sublime

Most people know that Grimm's Fairy Tales are not the watered-down stuff Walt Disney gave...

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