dare to look beyond the veil
Considering Michael Oher is now wearing a Super Bowl Ring and his biography is a a part of Lifeway bookstore’s catalogue I thought it was time to revisit the most visited post at Dare to Look in 2012. I’m not sure why this one received over 1300 visits in less than 10 hours but itRead more
We struck and then we hid. We talked peace while planning destruction. We used our own brothers’ suffering as fuel against those who were more sympathetic of such things. We sowed discontent. Kerry Nietz – A Star Curiously Singing In his trilogy, The Dark Trench Saga, author Kerry Nietz paints a startling picture of aRead more
My teenage years were tumultuous to say the least. Between 1967 and 1969 I stood by the graves of my grandfather, two brothers, and my father. As a 12 year old I entered seventh grade fatherless and to some extent motherless as my mom grieved for the man and a life she would never knowRead more
SOMETIMES an article like this requires a disclaimer. I am an unabashed follower of Jesus Christ and an unashamed lifelong Science Fiction junkie. You heard me right. From before the time I could walk I heard the old old story of Jesus and His love. And from the time I could pick out myRead more
NATALIE GOLDBERG in her fine book for writers, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, reminds us of a truth that applies to far more than writing. Put simply, she reminds us that the garbage of our life makes some of the best story material of all. Admittedly, one should be alert to Goldberg’sRead more
STORIES INVITE US to get inside other people’s heads and hearts. To walk in their shoes. More importantly to figure out which shoes fit us best. Stories entertain while at the same time invite us to perceive the world from outside ourselves. The best fiction doesn’t so much offer answers as rightly frame questions. TheRead more
A picture, it is said, is worth a thousand words. But in truth, some pictures, like the one above merit far more. The name of the man standing in the middle means little except to a relatively small circle of people that have walked this earth, and the name of the young boy mentioned onRead more
The Dark Knight Rises at theCrossroad of Faith and Fiction A dark cloud was cast this week over the much anticipated release of the 3rd installment of Christopher Nolan’s epic retelling of the Batman saga. A lunatic entered a crowded movie theater in Aurora, CO and ended the lives of at least 12 people expectingRead more
Saturday at the Crossroad of Faith and Fiction By way of confession I am at a bit of a crossroad as a writer. Or perhaps by way of a better analogy I’m on one of those crazy switchbacks common to mountainside roads. You know the kind where you look over and see where you wereRead more
