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A Santa Claus Non-Believer Discovers Tolkien’s Father Christmas Letters

I’ve just discovered Tolkien’s Letters From Father Christmas. I found them charming–but they also got me thinking about truth, tradition, and stories. · Travis Perry

What to Do When Holidays Don’t Bring Joy

Christmas is a time of joy for most people, but what if it isn’t for you? How should you react? · Travis Perry

Why Did C. S. Lewis Despise Christmas Cards?

“But when they find cards from any to whom they have not sent, then they beat their breasts and wail and utter curses against the sender.” · E. Stephen Burnett

Lorehaven’s Winter 2019 Issue Has Landed Under Your Tree

Lorehaven magazine’s winter 2019 issue is ready for free subscribers. · E. Stephen Burnett

The All-Time Great

But the best of them all is A Christmas Carol. · Shannon McDermott

What’s in a Gift? The Backstory of the Magi’s Presents

If you really study the gifts of the magi in Matthew 2, you’ll learn more about who Jesus truly is. · Patrick W. Carr

This Christmas, the Lorehaven Gift Guide Offers New Fantastical Fare

In the new Lorehaven Gift Guide, Christian fantasy fans can explore five exclusive and wearable designs, plus home decor and more. · E. Stephen Burnett

Right Around the Corner

The Christmas season is over. But Christmas is always around the next corner. · Shannon McDermott

On the Third Day of Christmas…

December 27th is the Third Day of Christmas–which means a few things in the history of Christianity in our world. But perhaps could be much more meaningful in worlds yet to be imagined… · Travis Perry

Fiction Friday: “Pearla’s First Christmas”-Reprise

“Pearla’s First Christmas” is a short story, written from the point of view of one of the characters in the Angel Eyes trilogy · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Lorehaven Magazine Preview: Explore the Eternal Magic of Christmas

Magic and memories of Christmas make me long for New Earth. · E. Stephen Burnett

Speculative Or True?

I suppose a good number of other passages in the Bible also read like speculative literature, but the Christmas story seems to have compacted a number of speculative tropes. There are several angelic visitations, for example. Joseph had a conversation with an angel, and so did Mary. But before them was Zacharias, John the Baptist’s dad, and his encounter with the angel of God in the temple. Most dramatic, and perhaps most well know, was the visitation of the shepherds, first by a single angel, then by “a multitude of the heavenly host.” · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Wishing You A Blessed Christmas

The people who walk in darkness Will see a great light · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Keeping Christmas

The Ghosts of Christmas taught Scrooge to keep Christmas with charity; they also taught him to keep it with joy. · Shannon McDermott

What Is It About Fantasy And Christmas?

The cool thing about good fantasy, however, is that no one explains it. There isn’t a narrator in C. S. Lewis’s Narnia books that says, “Now boys and girls, Aslan is actually Jesus.” Instead, readers are allowed to discover the dots on their own and connect them at their leisure. Or leave them unconnected. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The God Of The Impossible

One thing I love about speculative fiction is the fact that it opens the door to the impossible. It expands our vision of reality. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

If Donkeys Could Talk: The Point Of Speculative Fiction

Speculative fiction is known for . . . well, speculation. Writers ask the “what if” question in ways that break known boundaries. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The Nightmare Of Christmas

The idealized Western Christmas is a time of jingling bells, snow (unless you live in the South with Christmas temperatures regularly in the 50s and 60s), Christmas trees, lavishly decorated homes, presents spilling out into the hallway, and a seemingly endless barrage of Christmas parties. And of course, the stories. Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman, The Night Before Christmas, The Tin Soldier, A Christmas Carol, and many more. However, in many other countries, Christmas tales take quite a sinister turn. · Mark Carver

Merry Christmas

For today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Fiction Friday: “Pearla’s First Christmas”

“Pearla’s First Christmas” is a short story, written from the point of view of one of the characters in the Angel Eyes trilogy, and is available as a free download from author Shannon Dittemore. · Rebecca LuElla Miller
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