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My Problem With (Boring) Clean Fiction
Sometimes it's just too lighthearted. If you hand me a book without any conflict in it, I'm not sure you can even classify it as a "book." Conflict is one of the core elements of story. I'm a clean fiction author. I write clean fiction. But I still groan when I read...
This will change how you think about clean fiction
Fictional battles between light and darkness mirror the story of the world. Any good Christian can tell you that. But there’s something vital about the way the Bible handles darkness that I don’t see in much clean fiction. You can practically tell the entire gospel...
Longing
I don't know if anyone else has experienced this, but when I was a kid, I used to lie awake at night and miss my mom. Not just a little, or when she was out of town, either. I would wake up at three a.m. with this powerful longing. It took my breath away, and almost...
Francis Chan changed my perspective
I listened to a sermon by Francis Chan this week. He talked about this verse in 1 Thessalonians that I hadn't really thought about before. “aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you. In this way...
Are you accepting life with open arms?
I try not to give advice anymore. I know that I don't know what I'm doing. So, before you start reading, know that I'm not here to give you advice. I'm here to help YOU fill your life with LIGHT. And you know where that light comes from? Jesus. <3 It's so easy to...
Why I Enjoy Your Tears (aka the importance of hope during grief)
Grief is a funny thing, in the fact that it’s not really funny at all. No matter who you are, there’s at least one thing I know about you. You’ve experienced pain. You’ve been hurt. I know this because we live in a broken, fallen world. Because of...
I have a new favorite time travel novel
I'm a little obsessed with time travel novels. A Wrinkle In Time? Yes. When You Reach Me? YES. Call It Consequences?? Yes please. My new fav... Call It Consequences is a lovely novel: beautiful prose, thrilling premise, it's YA, it's clean...it's just the best....