The Lost Genre Guild alerted me to a new article out in Christianity Today called Sci-Fi's Brave New World. The article's focus is on science fiction, but it easily applies to fantasy as well in the sense that our current secular culture uses thes… more »

This is Pslam 75, and this applies no matter who wins tonight. We give thanks to you, O God, we give thanks, for your Name is near; men tell of your wonderful deeds. You say, "I choose the appointed time; it is I who judge u… more »

My daughter, Adele, just put an amazing post together summing up a lot of her deep research into the origins of Robin Hood. And she comes to VERY different conclusions from Stephen Lawhead, who places him in Wales shortly after the Norman invasion for… more »

The BBC just put up a news item about a King Arthur book, written by Philip Reeve, which won the UK's oldest book award for his novel "Here Lies Arthur". He beat six others to win. The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CIL… more »

This Sunday we sang the hymn, "Once To Every Man And Nation", which was written by James Russel Lowell. As I sang it, I realized "This hymn gives us the essence of great fiction!" First read the hymn and then see my notes below: Once to every man… more »