“All children, except one, grow up.” This is the iconic first line of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. I don’t really remember when the book first reached my hands, but my beloved, battered copy remains on my shelf to this day. I have been surprised by how many people have not […]
Book Review: Spirit Worlds, by Philip Coggan
I saw my first lion dance when I was maybe six years old. I heard the drumbeat and the gongs first and ran out to the street. It was hot and sunny, and the coconut trees threw deep frond-shaped shadows on the red dirt. I could see the man with […]
Book Review: Upright Downtime by Dr. Brian Hand
Entertainment dominates modern life. It is everywhere. And yet, Christians don’t seem to talk about it enough. We study doctrine and other key areas of Christian living, but a biblically sound, God-honoring theology of entertainment seems to be missing from the discussion. Oh, there’s plenty of reactionary discussion, i.e. whether […]
Series Review: The Sunlit Lands by Matt Mikalatos
The Sunlit Lands is a crossworlds, or “portal fantasy” series finished in 2021. The characters travel between our own world and another, magical world. The author, Matt Mikalatos, is a professed Christian, and this series is marketed as teen and YA fiction. I have just had the pleasure of finishing […]