Sit back and let me tell you a tale of my childhood. No, wait! Come back! When I was in high school, our theatre department put on a production of Little Shop of Horrors, and I was cast as the voice of Audrey II. I loved it. But as we…
Okay, so I’m a little late in doing this. Actually, I’m a little late in taking care of a lot of things. For example, in my last The Lutheran Difference post, I asked for your questions and promised that I would answer them. And then I didn’t. I have two…
This is post 23 of 34 in the series “The Lutheran Difference” A series of posts explaining what makes Lutheran Christians different from other Christians. The Lutheran Difference: An Introduction The Lutheran Difference: Historical Background The Lutheran Difference: The Light Bulb Moment The Lutheran Difference: Indulge Me for a Moment…
So what is Realm Makers? It is the preeminent conference for writers of Christian speculative fiction. This past weekend, somewhere around 150 people gathered in St. Louis to listen to keynote speaker Robert Liparulo, attend classes and seminars on the craft of writing, pitch to agents and editors, and generally…
I’ll admit it. This made me laugh. Enjoy! I especially like the fact that some of the X-Wings were wearing Mass Effect armor. N7, baby!
Okay, not really. I launched my new website and relaunched this blog back in February, but since 2014 is about to fade away (and a good thing too; I really didn’t like this year for a lot of different reasons), I thought it might be fun to take a look…
Six months ago today, I launched this little website and re-established my blog as the best place to go for… snort I’m sorry, I couldn’t make it through that with a straight face. But today does mark the six month anniversary of this website and blog. And just for the…
As I promised this past Tuesday, I was going to resurrect one of my favorite posts from my old blog. And yes, it does have something to do with “Weird Al” Yankovic. Without further ado, here’s my idea… begin flashback… The other day I had an idea. And by other…
Okay, before I tell this story, I need to start with this caveat: Everything I’m about to tell you is absolutely true. It may sound ridiculous, but I promise, I am not making any of this up. So this past Sunday, we had a double baptism at my congregation, two…
Okay, so normally, I wouldn’t write two blog posts in such quick succession, but this is so cool, I have to share like right now. So after watching the aforementioned Johnny Express video (you’ve watched that, right? I mean, if you haven’t, you should. Like five minutes ago), I accidentally…