On yesterday’s post, I noted that one of my most “popular” (as in, most trafficked posts) this year was The Anti-Evangelical Hate Machine. To date, it’s received the most comments of any post on this site (260+ ). I’m glad that post got as much attention — even negative attention — as it did. Why? [...]
The end is near! The end of 2012, that is. Which means the “Best Of” lists will start rolling out. In that spirit, here’s the 10 posts that have received the most Unique Page Views this year at deCOMPOSE, followed by their meta description. 10.) The Gory Details — It is taken for granted that [...]
I’ve been asked several times about the cover art for Subterranea, who did it, and how much they charged. After I answer, the response is usually the same: “Wow, that’s a very reasonable price.” So was I bummed to learn this graphic artist is raising her prices? Absolutely not! Ravven is a graphic artist living [...]
So I had this dream. It was many years ago, but I still remember it quite vividly. It involved an elder in the church I was pastoring and dramatically chronicled his slow retreat from God. It was quite baffling at the time, for he and his family were spiritually solid and big parts of our [...]
Here’s a chance to win all four of my novels. That’s more Duran than any human can handle! I’ll be sending a bundle — two signed paperbacks (one copy of The Resurrection and The Telling) and two free digital downloads (one copy of Winterland and Subterranea) to three lucky winners. Scrooge has nothin’ on me! [...]
Last week in my post 3 Reasons Why Science Will Never Disprove God, commenter Jim Williams questioned how I reconciled my belief that God could have used biological processes to “physically” create humans, while still believing Adam and Eve to be a literal couple. Jim writes: I have no idea how you reconcile a literal Adam [...]
I guest posted at Speculative Faith last week, and my article Why Fiction is the Wrong Vehicle for Theology garnered some lively, if not predictable, responses. One of my favorite comments was from Melissa Ortega (read it HERE) in which she rattled off “classic novels” that DO contain some heavy theological elements. She writes: There [...]
“What we are is God’s gift to us, What we make of ourselves is our gift to God.” I’ve always loved this saying. Although, it’s recently been pointed out to me how potentially unbiblical and misleading it is. Is “what we are” really God’s gift to us? NO: Your genetic baggage, infirmities, diseases, handicaps, family [...]
Dystopian themes have been a part of our pop cultural landscape for a very long time. Stories about crumbling governments, societal collapse, pandemics, plagues, and impending apocalypses, whether made by man, alien, or artificial intelligence, cycle through or collective psyches with startling regularity. Whether it’s George Orwell’s 1984, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, Blade Runner, Soylent Green, [...]
