Calling the American church out of the shallows and into the deeper waters of the faith
It’s time for my Midweek Recommendation, in which I commend to your attention books or music or movies or anything I find worth recommending. All right, so maybe I’m cheating a little bit, but I’m going to talk about my new novel The Darker Road for this week’s ‘midweek recommendation.’ For those of you who … Read More “The Darker Road (at last)” »
It’s time for my Sunday Reflection, in which I post some of my thoughts on almost any issue connected to writing, faith or life in general. Have you ever been in a conversation where the person you were talking to started a sentence, then paused, seeming to search for not any word, but a particular … Read More “The Right Word” »
It’s time for my Friday Fun post, in which I offer nothing more than perhaps an opportunity for some amusement. Today’s edition of “Friday Fun” involves the caption game. Simply post a comment with your suggestion for a caption to the following photo… Here’s my suggestion… “NO! Not Twilight again!” And you? Where would you … Read More “Friday Fun – The Caption Game” »
It’s time for my Midweek Recommendation, in which I commend to your attention books or music or movies or anything I find worth recommending. Last week for my midweek recommendation I offered Ender’s Game for your reading enjoyment. This week, I’m going to break out of the Fantasy/Sci-Fi world and recommend A River Runs Through … Read More “A River Runs Through It” »
It’s time for my Sunday Reflection, in which I post some of my thoughts on almost any issue connected to writing, faith or life in general. We go to great lengths to minimize our view of sin – at least our view of our own sin. We rationalize, we excuse and we compare ourselves to … Read More “Serious Wounds” »
It’s time for my Friday Fun post, in which I offer nothing more than perhaps an opportunity for some amusement. All right, it’s Friday and time to prepare for the weekend with a little fun. This week, I offer you the ‘Awful Lyrics’ game. The goal is to submit lines from songs that you believe … Read More “Friday Fun – The Awful Lyrics Game” »
It’s time for my Midweek Recommendation, in which I commend to your attention books or music or movies or anything I find worth recommending. As I mentioned in my Sunday Reflection on ‘belonging,’ I am setting out to keep a more regular blog schedule. My plan is to do the following: Sunday – Post a … Read More “Ender’s Game” »
It’s time for my Sunday Reflection, in which I post some of my thoughts on almost any issue connected to writing, faith or life in general. As the week begins in which my 8th novel, The Darker Road prepares to release (it’s supposed to be available on Amazon as of Tuesday, August 6), I embark … Read More “Belonging” »
Almost six years ago I met Robert Treskillard. He contacted me because he was – at the time – an aspiring fantasy writer who lives here in St. Louis and had just heard about me. We got together and talked writing & publishing, and I heard all about his very cool, very different take on … Read More “Merlin’s Blade” »
While I wait for the release of The Darker Road, the first book of my new fantasy series, The Wandering, I am trying to get book three of the series started in earnest. I’ve written much of the prologue, enough to register a full 2% of the projected length of the book. So, I thought … Read More “The Colder Moon” »
