Why Batman Can’t Save Gotham
This article was published at Speculative Faith on January 25, 2019. What Gotham needs is not a dark knight, but a hero who operates by a different code. Fox’s Batman…
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Rise of the Seers: Bonus Content — Two Behind-the-Scenes Chapters
Rise of the Seers doesn’t tell the whole story. As the Revenants rise, the gears of the Demiworld begin to grind with greater urgency. Behind the scenes, movers and shakers…
A Revolt Against Death
This article was published in Fathom Magazine’s 23rd issue, “Death,” on November 19, 2018. We are becoming far too familiar with the stranger of death. There are some things that…
Stan Lee is Giving You Permission
I didn’t know Stan Lee. You probably didn’t either. Yet, within the past week, you’ve likely been touched by one of his creations.
The Diverse Kingdom: Growing Inclusion in SFF Publishing is a Small Fulfillment of God’s Plan
A version of this article was published in Speculative Faith on December 7, 2018, under the title, “Growing Diversity in Fantasy Genres Gives Us Hints of Eternity.” By definition, science fiction…
Rise of the Seers in Lorehaven Library
Earlier today, I checked my notifications on Twitter and learned that my supernatural fantasy novel, Rise of the Seers, had been included in the Lorehaven Library, a listing of fantastical Christian…
Do You Really “Get To”?
Recently, I’ve run across a couple of articles that promote the popular motivational idea of changing the way you think about whatever it is you consider “work.”
Inside Out: The Ultimate ‘Zeroes’ Power
Recently, I finished reading the incredible Zeroes series by Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, and Deborah Biancotti. This story about a bunch of teenagers who discover they have crowd-based superpowers is probably…
Blurred Reflections
Seeing the whole image of God in virtuous traits exhibited by men and women. This piece was published in Fathom Magazine on July 11, 2018. I read C. S. Lewis’s…
‘12 Monkeys’ and the Temptation to Live Only for the Present
Have you ever wished you could go back in time and undo a mistake? Erase its consequences? Make a better choice? Unfortunately, we don’t have that luxury. But the protagonists…