Hello Friends, Giveaway Time! Woohoo! So excited to offer this exciting opportunity to WIN chosen one themed books and goodies! Click HERE to enter. Prizes include Print copies of Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard, Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio, Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth, Chosen Children by Jenny Raveling, The Silverblood Promise by James…
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…
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:…
I was inspired by Steinbeck’s East of Eden to write this flash fiction. Caleb waits in the shadows. Murder is on his heart. Aaron won’t go as far as premeditated murder but he has no problem beating up an old man and taking back the money he lost in tonight’s poker game. The old man,…
Here are two political, polar-opposite examples of bulverism, which shows that anyone can fall prey to bad logic:
E1: You’re a right-wing conservative only because you come from a privileged white, Christian home.
E2: You’re a liberal extremist only because your parents are poor, illegal immigrants.
IMAGINATIVE apologetics promotes and pursues what classical apologetics lacks: meaning through metaphor. This lack is not the focus of the book but rather the catalyst, which is to complement the rational and evidential with the imaginative.
Hello Friends and Family, My mind is constantly swirling with creative ideas. I’ve never been so inspired to write and yet I’ve never been so discouraged and broken. Momentarily, personal matters have culminated into a powder keg. Pray. Breathe. Exercise. Pray. Write. Work. Pray. Have been my constant companions who’ve gotten me through these waves…