The Great Narnia Re-read of 2019: “The Horse and His Boy”
It is one thing to say that you love something. It is another to say why you love that thing. The Horse and His Boy is my favorite of the…
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The Great Narnia Re-read of 2019: “The Last Battle”
I love apocalypses. I love world-ending, sky-shattering, history-breaking stories. And I applaud C.S. Lewis for delivering the creation of his Narnian universe, and its end, not as tales told second-hand…
“The Abyss Beckons” Sneak Peek: A Question of Memory
Here’s one of three sneak peeks of the currently-in-(slow)-progress sequel to Rise of the Seers. Enjoy.
Hustle Less, Grow More
More Thoughts On “A Feast of Mysteries…” Last month, I wrote about the care and keeping of the soul in Fathom Magazine. The gist of that article is that our…
The Great Narnia Re-read of 2019: “The Silver Chair”
I didn’t set out to re-read all seven of the Narnia novels in less than two months. I don’t have a habit of re-reading fiction. I have re-read The Horse…
“Rise of the Seers” (Book 1): Theme Music
It’s time… for me to release this playlist into the Demiworld. Below are 19 songs that served as background music while writing — and daydreaming about — Rise of the Seers. It’s more…
A Feast of Mysteries for the Soul
This article was published in Fathom Magazine on April 22, 2019. Living well requires feeding more than the body and the mind.
Easter Fools
To tell this story – of passion and of blood –before it became historywould have been a fool’s error. It would’ve seemed a myth –variant and fragile –a fool’s ballad, sung…
Why Pray for Notre Dame? Why Pray for a Building at All?
Shortly after word spread today that Paris’ iconic Notre Dame Cathedral was being ravaged by fire, the hashtag #PrayforNotreDame began trending on social media. At first, that struck me as…
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…