Provoking thoughts in fiction

I went to a Christian Writers' Conference last weekend. It was wonderful, uplifting, inspiring, thought-provoking, and, yes, even a little depressing. The main speaker, Bill Giovannetti, was fantastic, funny, and wise - I'll include reviews of a couple of his books below (one read on Sunday, the other on Monday) - and I enjoyed his talks so much I even switched plans for a workshop to hear him again. Thus I began to learn how to write a non-fiction book proposal. And the timing's good. I have...