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August 6, 2012
Death of the Christian Imagination: Navel Gazing for Jesus
As I’ve been reflecting about the death of Christian Imagination, I’ve been been focused on WHY the Christian imagination has died. I have realized the “why” is a bit complex and needs to be proved. So, I want to present … Continue reading →
August 3, 2012
Death of the Christian Imagination (Part One)
I went for a walk the other day in a graveyard. I like walking in graveyards. The tombstones tell stories of people long forgotten, lives disrupted by tragic death and stories of lives we can’t even picture. As I walked, … Continue reading →
July 27, 2012
Protestants Suck (at fiction)
I’m currently reading the book, Gothicka, by Victoria Nelson. The book is a survey of how the modern obsession with vampires, human gods and the new supernatural is actually an expression of deep, religious undertones. I’ll be doing a full … Continue reading →
July 26, 2012
New Excerpt from the Gospels! Will Rock the foundations of Christianity!
Lost Fragment of the Gospels Found DP Press-Jerusalem In a stunning turn of events, a lost fragment of the four gospels has been found. A quick interview with Professor Not T. Wright stated, “This might change everything and refocus our … Continue reading →
July 24, 2012
Fiction is the Non-Fiction is the Non-fiction is the Fiction
People constantly ask me where I get my ideas. The question is so common among writers that I’m almost embarrassed to talk about it. Still, it happens. I’m not sure if this happens to most fiction writers, but many people … Continue reading →
July 23, 2012
The Real Message of Batman (Final Part, and its kinda Political)
In the last blog, we saw the story of Nolan’s Batman trilogy is to follow the path of his father, that is, the rich have a responsibility to help their community, to love their city and to cultivate its good. … Continue reading →
July 22, 2012
The Real Message of Batman (its kinda political, part two)
(Potential Spoiler alert) As I said in my previous post, Bruce Wayne is the center of Nolan’s Trilogy. I know everyone likes to focus on the villains like Scarecrow, The Joker or Bane. This follows a pattern established during the … Continue reading →
July 21, 2012
The Real Message of The Batman Trilogy (and it’s kinda political) Part One
(My thoughts and prayers are with the families grieving in Colorado.) (Potential Spoiler Warning) Someone gave me a Batman pedal car as a kid. This car had everything. Bat steering wheel, Bat seat and cool Bat shaped headlights. Safe to … Continue reading →
