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For Fans, Your Family, and the Church: Get the New Issue of Lorehaven Magazine

Shawn Smucker delights in magic at life’s margins, we review great new Christian fantasy, and fanservants seek the Psalms and discern YA’s allure. · E. Stephen Burnett

Get a Glimpse of Lorehaven’s Summer 2019 Issue, Which Arrives Next Month

Coming in Lorehaven’s next issue: novelist Shawn Smucker with “Light from Distant Stars,” plus 12 more book reviews. · E. Stephen Burnett

Thanos Offered Fake Love in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’

Thanos could not have truly loved Gamora, because love is not just affection—it’s self-sacrifice. · Marian Jacobs

Why Do Christian Fans Love ‘The Greatest Showman’?

Many Christian fans love “The Greatest Showman” for its fantasy and music, and because the film dares to explore how dreams and entertainment lead to idolatry. · E. Stephen Burnett

Magic In The Story: The Two Faces Of Magic

This week we delve deeper into the mysteries of ‘Magic in the Story’ and find ourselves confronted by the fact that there are two faces of magic in Narnia. · Christopher Miller

Where Are All The Superheroes?

From the halls of Odin to the exploits of Beowulf, the graphic-art mythos of Superman, the school day victories of colorful Power Rangers—why are superheros so super? · Yvonne Anderson

Magic In The Story: What’s The Big Deal?

Magic — just the mention of it can cause many a “good Christian” to draw dividing lines, take sides and ready for attack. Are we being discerning or just overreacting? Join our new series: Magic in the Story. · Christopher Miller

No Such Thing As Miracles

Author Athol Dickson: “Magical realism presents the supernatural as a matter of fact, almost as an everyday event, much as science fiction does. But like pure fantasy, magical realism refuses to explain itself.” · Athol Dickson

Magic Realism, Part 3

Christians are taught in no uncertain terms that our only two options are to rely firmly on a clear doctrinal framework, or discard it for the morass of experientialism. Neither is entirely reliable, and it’s for this reason, I’d suggest, that we walk by faith — not by sight. · C.L. Dyck

Magic Realism, Part 2

Stories with “magical realism” may show us that not only are there monsters in the mind, there are hopes and dreams. They also remind us that we cannot practice a form of divination upon our unexplainable moments — claiming that this must always mean exactly that. · C.L. Dyck

Magic Realism, Part 1

One speculative fiction genre points us to what truly matters, by refusing to draw a solid line between the everyday and the fantastical. Welcome to the world of magic realism. · C.L. Dyck