The Silent Providence of Pain

About a half century ago the Japanese man, Shusaku Endo, wrote the novel, 沈黙 (Chinmoku). It was soon translated into English under the title, Silence, captivating a large number of […]

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Why Are We Drawn to the Dystopian?

Despite the modern commitment to avoid suffering and embrace pleasure at any cost, our world remains infatuated with dystopian tales that are specifically designed to show us a world permeated […]

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Light in the Darkness

(Inspired by the true story of Charlotte Thomason which you can read at charlottethomason.com) The mud seized Beth’s boots with each step, the sludge doing its best to drag her […]

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Dry Bones

(Written in honor of the city of Santa Fe, TX.) Aksana sat on the edge of the outcropping and cried. She was alone. The great commander, the leader of her […]

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Macbeth

“Will These Hands Ne’er be Clean?”: C.S. Lewis and the Apologetic Response to the Themes of Macbeth

Before anyone can accept the idea of salvation through Christ, they must first realize that there is something that they need to be saved from. The emotion of disgust, especially […]

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