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112. How Does Fiction Help Us Love Our Enemies Even If We Must Defeat Them?
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Clawing Free
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How Spider-Man Saved My Marriage Before It Even Began
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Vivid, Ashley Bustamante
My Soul to Take, Bryan Davis
Into Shadow's Fire, Mark Castleberry
Deceived, Madisyn Carlin
Arena (2022 edition), Karen Hancock
Kurt Nickle-Dickle of Whiskers, N. J. McLagan
"In a city where debts are paid in blood, one young man will learn that everyone needs help sometimes if they want to survive." New in the Lorehaven library: A Matter of Blood, Lauren H Salisbury
Son of the Shield, Mary Schlegel
Maxine Justice, Galactic Attorney, Daniel Schwabauer
Mordizan, Alyssa Roat
Prentice Ash, Matt Barron
Etania's Calling, M. H. Elrich
The Choice, Bradley Caffee
The Obsidian Butterfly, Lani Forbes
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Clawing Free
“Clawing Free is an absorbing tale that seamlessly joins modernity and myth.”
—Lorehaven on May 13, 2022

Vivid
“Ashley Bustamante’s Vivid paints a world built on secrets and carefully controlled color palettes.”
—Lorehaven on May 6, 2022

Prophet
“If great fiction dares explore culture wars, it must show more than perfect people smiling before a flat backdrop. Frank E. Peretti’s 1992 novel Prophet reflects this reality.”
—Lorehaven on May 4, 2022

Realms of Light
“Author Sandra Fernandez Rhoads creatively uses classical art and Milton’s writing to give Cera necessary information to fight the darkness, drawing readers deeper into this urban fantasy world.”
—Lorehaven on Apr 29, 2022

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112. How Does Fiction Help Us Love Our Enemies Even If We Must Defeat Them?
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106. What If Homeschool Families Can Help Christian Fantasy Grow for Generations?

We just hosted our Lorehaven booth at the Teach Them Diligently conference in Texas, where kids and their parents love Christian fantastical fiction.
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We just hosted our Lorehaven booth at the Teach Them Diligently conference in Texas. It was amazing. We had James R. Hannibal, author of Wolf Soldier and the showrunner of the Lightraiders game franchise. We had Jamie Foley, who writes books for Fayette Press as well as doing marketing for Enclave Publishing. And we had our cohosts doing multiple interviews with other homeschooling publishers, authors, and vendors. You’ll get to hear each of those conversations in this episode.

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Lorehaven arrives at Teach Them Diligently

Authors James R. Hannibal, Jamie Foley, and E. Stephen Burnett joined this mission to help families explore fantastical stories for God’s glory:

  • James R. Hannibal showcased his fantastical and thriller novels as well as his discipleship learning adventure game Lightraiders.
  • Jamie Foley featured Christian-made fantastical-genre novels from Enclave Publishing as well as independent publisher Fayette Press.
  • E. Stephen Burnett presented The Pop Culture Parent as well as Lorehaven itself, with its family resources, articles, reviews, and podcasts.

For more, see our news item: Lorehaven Features March 31–April 2 at Teach Them Diligently in Round Rock, Texas.

Teach Them Diligently conference guests

Zackary Russell interviewed seven homeschooling influencers at the conference:

  • Jonathan Cox with Brave Books
  • J. Aaron Gruben, author
  • Catherine Gruben-Smith, author
  • Joseph Dindinger, Wise Path Books
  • Shannon Mokry, author with Sillygeese Publishing
  • Matt Ludeck, Lamplighter Ministries
  • C. S. Elston, author

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We’re planning episodes that more directly address the new controversies over Disney, and one company’s plans to compete with the Mouse. Even better, we’re readying to celebrate Resurrection Sunday, inviting back a previous Fantastical Truth guest to explore the wonders of Christ’s victory over death.

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