"Fantasy is the impossible made probable." (Rod Sterling)
Wisdom From Kammbia 2.16: Can Christian Fiction Just Be Entertaining and Enjoyable?
by MHill | Jun 9, 2012 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
I have a question for today's entry: Can Christian Fiction Just be Entertaining and Enjoyable? I know to some of you that is an incredulous question. However, I'm beginning to wonder if Christian Fiction can just be entertaining and enjoyable. Somehow, I feel on one...
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by MHill | Jun 7, 2012 | Quotes
“Fiction and poetry provide authors a unique way to glorify Christ that more overtly intellectual genres, like theology, simply can’t. These genres that aim directly for the heart and soul [...] do not argue for belief, they show what it looks like and make you feel...
Book Review 20: Sidney Sheldon’s Other Side of Midnight
by MHill | Jun 3, 2012 | 2012 Book Reviews, Book Reviews
Have you ever gone outside of your comfort zone? What did it feel like? And were you better for going outside of your comfort zone? Well, I did in reading The Other Side of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon. This 1974 classic best-selling novel was something I would have...
Define ‘Christian Speculative Story’
by MHill | Jun 1, 2012 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Writing
Define ‘Christian Speculative Story’. A great article about Christian Speculative Fiction. What is it?
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by MHill | May 30, 2012 | Quotes
"You battle ideas not through repression or suppression, but with better ideas." (Dennis Prager)
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by MHill | May 28, 2012 | Quotes
“I’m always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality.” — Flannery O’Connor
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by MHill | May 26, 2012 | Quotes
"As Christians, we have to give people the permission to be imperfect, Because we can not demand perfection from others, since we are not perfect ourselves." (Pastor Paul Sheppard)
Music Review 5: Peculiar Image-Vertical Glory
by MHill | May 26, 2012 | Music Reviews
For about ten years, there has been a growing genre of Christian Hip-Hop that has come on the popular music scene. I must admit I have not listened to a lot of it. But like any fledging genre, some of it is worth listening to, some of it is not and there are some...
Wisdom From Kammbia 2.15: Is Reading A Story Only For the Middle Class?
by MHill | May 19, 2012 | Wisdom From Kammbia Column
"The general approach has been that if the middle class likes something, it is bad art. There is a snobbishness on the Left that is rarely noted but is one of the most significant animators of Leftism: a contempt for the middle class, and for middle America, that is...