In other words, true liberation is theologically inspired and anthropologically focused. Prayer is our love language, not activism. Imago Christi is our identity, not politics.
A poem about my experience as an immigrant boy in America. Faith, Hope, and Love “The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen.” Even in the shadows, Faith, which is the shimmer of things that’ve long lost their luster, still slices like lightning. “So let’s go all in.” …
Hello Friends, Sari and I had a great time at the Grace Mellman Library book fair on the 21st, their first ever. They did a great job accommodating all the authors and vendors with refreshments and assistance with their booths. We were there for over six hours slinging water to parched strollers, talking to curious…
Hello Friends, As you may or may not know, I’ve recently published my speculative fiction novel titled Salvador: Sofía’s Story. This Saturday I will be signing copies of my book at Grace Mellman Community Library in Temecula from 10a to 3p. See you all there!
After 20 years of planning, researching, writing, and editing, SALVADOR is finally finished and available to purchase and enjoy at https://a.co/d/0d62xt6p! SALVADOR was originally inspired by two books: The Jesus I Never Knew and The Da Vinci Code. I loved how Philip Yancey highlighted the humanity of Christ in the former, and I loved how…
Category: Art, Beauty, Literature, Morality, Nature, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science and Religion, Short Stories, Spiritual Formation, Suffering, Theology
My book on the topic of imaginative apologetics, hence the title–IMAGINATIVE Apologetics–is finally here. The book has over 50 poems, 170 prose (aphorisms to articles), and 20 short stories. Topics include but are not limited to Beauty, Faith, Love, Philosophy, Redemption, Suffering, Wisdom, Discipleship, Ethics, Psychology, Science and Faith, Theology, Worldviews… Here are a few…
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE HAPPY. From moms to mailmen. From artists to athletes. From monks to models. From preachers to politicians. Philosopher Blaise Pascal is unequivocally correct when he says, “All men seek happiness. This is without exception.”[1] But experience tells us that not everyone is happy, that happiness eludes us. Why is that? In…
In the field of epistemology, the Gettier problem shows that one can have justified true belief (JTB) about a claim yet not possess knowledge. For example, imagine someone is looking in a field at something that looks like a sheep but it’s actually a dog in sheep’s clothing. The person believes there’s a sheep in…
Contrary to the imaginations of people who are fond of science-fiction, A.I. will never become self-aware. But how can I be so sure when making a definitive claim about technology, which never stops evolving? My reason is simple: There is no example of anything in science that has grown a conscience. But does that necessarily…
The landscape of Christian apologetics is vast, spanning from the practice of defending the faith via starting with the belief that Christianity is true (presuppositional) to focusing on creatively expressing the imagination that’s grounded in the character of God (imaginative).[1] There are three modes of persuasion accounted for when discussing the different representations of apologetics:…