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December 2024

December 30, 2024

Remember Who You Are: God in Alita

My favorite trope in Science Fiction is the cyborg. While many other people are drawn...

December 27, 2024

A Search for Meaning: God in The Midnight Library

Have you ever heard of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs? This psychological concept suggests that human...

December 23, 2024

The Gift of Grace: God in The Christmas Carol

I reread this little classic every a year. There are shelves and shelves worth of...

December 16, 2024

Five Books for your Winter Reading List.

In the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter. Many people around the globe are preparing to...

December 09, 2024

What’s Your Legacy: God in Stray

Up until now, we have spent most of our time alternating between looking at books...

December 06, 2024

Illuminated Fiction: What is Truth?

I’m the type of nerd who enjoys watching debates for entertainment. I avoid political debates,...

November 2024

November 29, 2024

Flesh and Spirit: God in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

There are few science fiction stories that have a more powerful but subtle impact on...

November 25, 2024

The Bible as True North: God in The Three Body Problem

A few years back I watched a YouTube clip of an interview with apologist Ken...

November 23, 2024

Illuminated Thoughts: Is the Bible Fiction?

I vividly remember returning to our sending church after returning from Papua New Guinea to...

November 18, 2024

Learning Sympathy: God in The War of the Worlds

It seems like just yesterday, I was browsing the aisles of the local thrift store...

November 15, 2024

You Are Who You Love: God in Foe

In the last several articles, I have been playing around with Biblical lessons around community...

November 11, 2024

Illuminating Thoughts: Election Stories

Fiction drives our world. In my first article, Illumination: How Stories Reveal God to Us,...

November 04, 2024

A Community of Caregiving: God in The Bird Box

There are many different ways to serve God with our lives, and He calls us...

November 01, 2024

To Future Generations: God in Caddo Lake

M. Night Shamalan’s most recent thriller is a sneaky Sci-Fi. Unlike many of the clear...

October 2024

October 25, 2024

When Love Isn’t Enough: God in Coraline

If this article has reached you, I can be almost a hundred percent sure that...

October 21, 2024

Love that Goes: God in 9

In last week’s post, I looked into how The Martian. I address how it...

October 18, 2024

The Body on Mission: God in The Martian

I have talked a lot about my love of science fiction in this column....

October 15, 2024

Why We Must Feel: God in Song of the Sea

My past articles have largely covered books and movies within the Science Fiction genre. We've...

October 11, 2024

The Unknown Future: God in Foundation

Reading regularly in Science Fiction without reading about the future is nearly impossible. Many...

October 07, 2024

Greater Good and Greater Love: God in Life

Last week we looked at a familiar monster in the classic Frankenstein. This week...

October 04, 2024

Walking in the Garden: God in Frankenstein

In past articles, we have looked at two pieces of Science Fiction: A Brave New World,...

September 2024

September 30, 2024

Five Books for Your Autumn Reading List

Since my first post: Illumination, I have been sharing some of my favorite fiction pieces....

September 23, 2024

The Enemy Within: God in Annihilation

In an earlier article, we discussed how God's truth can be hidden in secular...

September 16, 2024

Pleasure or Purpose: God in A Brave New World

In my first post, Illumination: How...

September 09, 2024

Illumination: How Can Stories Reveal God to Us?

How do stories reveal God to us? When looking to learn about God, people rarely...