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Goodreads Giveaway: Saint Death

Giving away three autographed copies of “Saint Death” at Goodreads. Enter HERE. * * * Reagan Moon didn’t plan on being an earth guardian. He was your average paranormal reporter…until 1,000 volts of raw electricity fused an ancient relic into his sternum. It left him with Powers and lets him do things most humans can’t. [...]

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Pete’s Dragon & Evil Archetypes

A while back, I posited that traditional archetypes should be fair game for religious authors to tinker with, subvert, and even transform. Like vampires. In my article, The Good Vampire, one commenter expressed the misgivings of the evangelical community in general when she wrote: “My biggest nit with reclaiming vampires is that traditionally, they have [...]

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Portraying Santa Muerte in “Saint Death”

I received a nice review of Saint Death over at the Black Gate (HERE). The reviewer mentioned something that I thought worth addressing — my depiction of Santa Muerte in the novel. Some might find Mike Duran’s handling of the Santa Muerte folk religion troubling. Since in his book it’s used as a front for [...]

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So much great conversation has ensued following Realm Makers 2016. One person I’ve really enjoyed chatting with about RM, the Christian speculative community, and related publishing trends, is author and founder of Uncommon Universes Press, Janeen Ippolito. Janeen had some interesting (and I think, important) observations about the conference and where the Christian spec community [...]

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One of the points I’d hoped to develop in my Realm Makers 2016 class, “A Theology of Speculative Fiction,” was the difference between biblical worldview stories and contemporary CBA Christian Fiction. Like much of that study, I didn’t have the time I hoped (my fault, not the organizers’) to address some important concepts. This was [...]

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Christian Speculative Fiction v. 2.0

I spent this weekend in Villanova, PA, at Realm Makers 2016, and had a total blast! So much to process. And as I arrived home less than 24 hours (and multiple time zones) ago, I doubt that my thoughts here will have the needed distance to be able to accurately address the subject I’m about [...]

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This is a repost of something I wrote last year before attending Realm Makers. And as I’m swamped with preparations for this year’s conference in Philadelphia (as I know some of my writer friends are), I thought this would be an important reminder. Enjoy! *** This week I’m flying to Saint Louis for the Realm Makers Writer’s Conference. [...]

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Saint Death is Live!

The second installment of my Reagan Moon novels is now available in print and digital. Saint Death follows our intrepid paranormal reporter into the bowels of the City of Angels — literally — where an ancient altar has been unearthed, the final component necessary for the conjuring of the Tenth Plague and the summoning of [...]

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The Problem with Spiritual Rating Systems

The inherent danger in spiritual rating systems is that they impose a set of expectations and theological specificity upon our stories which reduces discernment to the level of a doctrinal checklist.

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Are Superheroes Proof That Jesus was a Myth?

The forthcoming documentary Batman & Jesus suggests as much — that Jesus Christ was little more than Superman or Captain America cloaked in historical garb. Blurb: Batman & Jesus seeks to introduce the evidence both for and against a historical Jesus of Nazareth to wider audience using contemporary examples in pop culture to draw comparisons   [...]

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