by kingdompen | Jan 4, 2017 | Poetry
By Kate Flournoy As You see, Lord, let me see. Teach my eyes Your sight. Teach my heart to comprehend Your sorrow through the night. Teach my eyes to see the tears Of shame and agony; And have compassion on the fears Of other beings like me. Let me see their broken...
by kingdompen | Dec 30, 2016 | Articles, Characters, Theme
Sometimes it’s not just the secular market that has problems with conversion scenes. Many conversions in Christian fiction are skipped over, viewed as boring, or actively avoided, because when someone attempts to write an “original” conversion story, it...
by kingdompen | Dec 26, 2016 | Articles, Theme
An enduring problem faces Christian writers who want to share their faith through their novels: if they include their faith in their books, it becomes “Christian” fiction. Christians read Christian fiction. Christians don’t need saved. Unsaved people read secular...
by Hope Ann | Dec 12, 2016 | Articles, World Building
By Hope AnnWhen I first started writing, I loved fantasy and fully intended to write fantasy of my own. But I encountered a problem. It didn’t take long for me to realize that I couldn’t just skip mentioning religion in my stories, even if Christianity...
by kingdompen | Nov 16, 2016 | Poetry
By Adora Istrate I’ll do it later, says the boy to his mother, Maybe it’ll get done in some way or another. I’ll do it later, says the girl with great dreams, But “later” takes up much more time than she deems. I’ll do it later,...
