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How Horror Films Subvert the Fatalistic Tragedy of Alzheimer’s and Dementia

Some horror films fall into a subgenre that explores mental illness such as dementia and Alzheimer’s in a unique fashion. · Parker J. Cole

Looking Forward to Re-Creation in Eternity

Will heaven be a renovation of what we know or a re-creation? I don’t know, but realize what I hope for has more to do with my heart than my head… · Travis Perry

Free Original Storyworld Ideas, Part 10: Alien Angels

Imagine that aliens not only look human–they have alien versions, too. And perhaps the Bible gives us a clue at alien angels in the faces of the seraphim… · Travis Perry

The Best Stories

We don’t know what heaven is. It seems we can’t imagine it, either. · Shannon McDermott

Heaven Will Be the Happiest Place on Earth

When we rightly deconstruct fake-Heavens, we might accidentally start tearing down the real Heaven. · E. Stephen Burnett

Just Imagine…

There is one world which so far exists only on paper but is far from fiction: the new heavens and new earth that will endure for eternity after Jesus returns. · Mark Carver

The Serious Business of Science Fiction and Fantasy

I have friends who don’t quite understand why I think science fiction and fantasy are important. I explain why in this post. · Travis Perry

Dreams of Other Worlds

Why do we have dreams of other worlds? Do fictional visions point to a reality beyond our own? · Travis Perry

The Saving Mystery

This is the cardinal rule for writers who wish to tread into the next world: Leave the mystery. · Shannon McDermott

A Fatal Flaw in Pixar’s ‘Coco’

Despite its strengths and its appeal, “Coco” is undermined by the vision it presents of the afterlife. · Shannon McDermott

Why I Believe in Jesus and Love Fantasy Fiction

Novelist Daley Downing: The Bible asks us to believe in the miraculous, and that’s why I love imagining the impossible. · Daley Downing

Billy Graham is Home, but Not Home Yet

Billy Graham wasn’t just passing through this world. He will return to stay, just like Jesus will. · E. Stephen Burnett

An Empty Shell

Man’s best efforts to perfect the body will ultimately burn away with the rest of the fallen world, and God will restore everything to greater glory and harmony than anything man could ever devise. · Mark Carver

The Distinctive Pearl

In two significant ways Pearl stands apart from, and perhaps above, most fiction of our own day. · Shannon McDermott

Celebrate New Earth Day

Maybe Earth Day can show not just environmental care of the planet, but eternal hope for all God’s creation. · E. Stephen Burnett

The Truth And Story

What Lewis did was alter my understanding [of reality] by giving his own imaginative version that contradicted everything I’d thought before. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Leaf By Niggle, Heaven In Stories

A couple weeks ago I read Leaf by Niggle, which is not as silly as it sounds. · Shannon McDermott
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