Rearranging Icons 5: In The Eye Of The Beholder

I’m more interested in the idea that readers can have a richer reading experience and writers can tell richer, deeper stories if they understand how this works. —Fred Warren in April 2012

Chuck Colson, 1931-2012

Defend the Truth. Live the Faith. Advance the Kingdom. These became the hallmarks of Chuck Colson’s life and ministry. The founder of Prison Fellowship passed away last Saturday at the age of eighty. To my knowledge, he had no connection with speculative fiction, but he was staunchly engaged with faith. —Rebecca LuElla Miller in April 2012

Rearranging Icons 4: Characters Becoming Icons

For every Christian, icons are inevitable. But they must show a process of redemption. Christ the “Icon” of the Father underwent suffering. So should we, as we image Him, and so should art and story characters, which image us. —E. Stephen Burnett in April 2012

Beauty and Truth 1: Four Sets Of Stories

Of the Christian novels you’ve read, which seem neither beautiful nor truthful, or only one or the other, or both? —E. Stephen Burnett in April 2012

Rearranging Icons 3: Give and Take

As our e-mail conversation about icons continued, we moved into more of a give-and-take format, so you’ll see lots of quoting and commenting on things we posted last week. —Fred Warren in April 2012

Fantasy And Overt Christianity

Should Christian writers refrain from having their characters do what Christians do — turn to Christ, pray for help, give spiritual counsel, worship with other believers, and so on? If Christians do want to show their characters acting like Christians, should their books then be confined to Christian circles? Should we indeed write for and market to Christians only? —Rebecca LuElla Miller in April 2012

Christians And The Gaming World

With all the potential pitfalls of the gaming world, why do I still play? Some choose not to play at all. But I play video games because I like adventure, unique stories, and being the hero or heroine, and because this is something my husband and I can enjoy together. —Morgan Busse in April 2012

Rearranging Icons 2: Defining The Debates

What are icons? How have Christians viewed them in Church history, speculative stories, and evangelical art? If you think you or your denomination doesn’t deal with icons, in fiction or in faith practice, think again — and join our conversation. —E. Stephen Burnett in April 2012

Done To Death: Exceptions That Prove The Rule

Rebecca suggests that Mikalatos’s book shoots my theory to smithereens, but I disagree. Again, the question isn’t, “Can a non-Christian get something out of a Christian book?” The question is, “Who is this book written for?” —John Otte in April 2012

Rearranging Icons: An Introduction

A few months ago, Stephen and I wandered into a conversation about the meaning of icons in literature and their connection to Christian faith, and we agreed it was a topic worth examining in more detail in a feature here at Speculative Faith. —Fred Warren in April 2012

Is Fiction Killing Hope?

As part of our sin or as a result of our sinful hearts, we turn to idols to fill up the longings God alone can assuage. But what happens when we say, in true nihilistic fashion, there is nothing that satisfies or can satisfy. What happens when a society decides there is no hope? —Rebecca LuElla Miller in April 2012

Please Quit Calling It ‘Weird’

I’m not picking on those who call Christian speculative stories “weird.” But Christianity doesn’t succeed because it’s Weird, but because it’s true. Our speculative stories should have a similar mission. —E. Stephen Burnett in April 2012

Must Good Characters Be Likeable?

For a good story, must its central character be likeable, or only sympathetic? For Christian stories, that dilemma is more pronounced, because many authors focus on sympathetic non-Christians, rather than more-likeable Christian characters. —E. Stephen Burnett in April 2012

Speculative Death: Spin The Wheel

“Everybody’s part of the Circle of Life. We’re born, we live for a while, we die, and then the whole thing starts all over again.” —Fred Warren in April 2012

On The Back Cover 2

Do you ever pick up a good-looking novel to read its back cover, and find only endorsements? I prefer reading something about the actual story. —E. Stephen Burnett in March 2012

Done To Death: Who Are We Trying To Reach?

Who is it that actually reads Christian fiction? I’ll give you a hint by re-asking the question: Who is it that actually reads CHRISTIAN fiction? I know, it’s a stumper. —John Otte in March 2012

Not A Waste Of Time

I wasted my childhood. Also the first half of my teenage years. At least, I thought I did. After all, practically all I did for all those years was read fiction. —Rachel Starr Thomson in March 2012

Speculative Death: Life and Death Among The Immortals

Immortality would be paradise, right? —Fred Warren in March 2012
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