Who Does Maintenance on Your Story’s Weapons? (And Other Stuff)

In the real world weapons need to be taken care of to maintain their usefulness. Have you thought about maintenance in your speculative fiction stories?
— Travis Perry in Aug 2018 —

Imago Hominis

How sick would our society be when people actually prefer the company of soulless, factory-made machines to living, breathing people knit in the womb by God’s hands?
— Mark Carver in Aug 2018 —

A Shadowy Argument for Christian Fiction

Shadows cast by stories can sometimes obscure the truth, but can Christian fiction paradoxically illuminate through shadow?
— Brett Armstrong in Aug 2018 —

‘Altered Carbon’ Looks Too Long Into the Abyss

Altered Carbon is an outstanding piece of storytelling, but does the sci-fi drama fail to heed its own warnings?
— Randy Streu in Jul 2018 —

The Car-Universe Without A Motor, part 11: Consciousness

Consciousness is unique. It’s more than just a product of brain function–its origin is a mystery which makes more sense if we’re willing to talk about God.
— Travis Perry in Jun 2018 —

The Car-Universe Without A Motor, part 10: Life

Life coming from non-life on its own is a staple of science fiction. But is so unlikely in the real world that even recent advances in science are a long way from explaining it.
— Travis Perry in Jun 2018 —

Show Your Hand

Beliefs about God, the universe, and right and wrong have a way of becoming apparent, even when left unspoken.
— Shannon McDermott in Jun 2018 —

The Car-Universe Without A Motor, part 9: Boltzmann Brain Matrix

The multiverse + anthropic principle blows itself up. It doesn’t give us the universe we see, because starting with randomness leads to Bolztmann brains, to a self-generated Matrix.
— Travis Perry in Jun 2018 —

Creating Literature that Leaps the Spiritual Divide

Sci-fi novelist Gray Rinehart: “What does it take to cross the spiritual divide effectively in a literary or artistic work?”
— Gray Rinehart in Jun 2018 —

The Car-Universe Without A Motor, part 8: Multiverse

The multiverse, though fodder for great speculative fiction stories, is based on a desire to explain wild improbabilities seen in the formation of the universe that should lead a person to realize there must be a Creator.
— Travis Perry in Jun 2018 —

God’s Mistake?

Death is not a mistake. Death is not wrong or evil. For those who are saved, death is a gift.
— Mark Carver in May 2018 —

Let’s Talk About Sex

Authors shouldn’t fear writing about sex any more than they should fear writing about violence or the occult. There is a place for all of those things in fiction.
— Jon Del Arroz in May 2018 —

The Metaphysics of Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War

Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War isn’t preachy about any particular worldview, but still reflects a near-ubiquitous belief in a self-generating universe, a universe with no God in control.
— Travis Perry in May 2018 —

Sonrise

Numerous movies and TV shows have a “savior” character who clearly parallels Jesus Christ, but perhaps none more so than Neo from The Matrix Trilogy.
— Mark Carver in Apr 2018 —

There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow

Has technology lived up to its promise?
— Mark Carver in Mar 2018 —

Stephen Hawking’s Death: One Christian’s Reaction

Stephen Hawking’s public atheism grew during his lifetime, but we can hope he knew the God he often wrote about.
— Travis Perry in Mar 2018 —

What’s a Body to Do?

Just how important is an intact body?
— Mark Carver in Mar 2018 —

In Praise of Short Stories

While stories grow longer and longer, I want to speak a word in praise of short stories.
— Shannon McDermott in Feb 2018 —

What Aliens Teach Us About God, part 7: Tamed Transcendence

When humans substitute meeting aliens for the transcendence of God, we create a tamed version of what we long for.
— Travis Perry in Feb 2018 —

What Aliens Teach Us About God, part 6: Aliens as Substitute for Knowing God

Human beings may long for fellowship with intelligent aliens, yet truly need relationship with the transcendent God.
— Travis Perry in Feb 2018 —
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