There is a common belief that Jesus used parables to teach spiritual truths because they used examples of every day life that the average person could identify with and understand. I shared this belief for many years, until recently reading this passage during my personal study: And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why [...]
Biblical parables as storytelling patterns
Filed under Tips & Tools on May 10, 2010
Tagged: Bible, christianity, fantasy fiction, parables
The Bible as a storytelling pattern
Filed under Tips & Tools on October 12, 2009
Tagged: Bible, christianity, fantasy fiction, Old Testament
I know I have readers who are neither christian nor religious. Most of what follows may not have relevance to you, but I do make some applications to fantasy fiction writing with regard to presenting deities and embedding messages in your story. I encourage you to read through the entire post and take from it [...]
15 Things about books and me
Filed under Trivia on December 15, 2005
Tagged: Bible, Dragonlance, Dungeons and Dragons, Forgotten Realms, Hardy Boys, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, memes, Narnia, Robert Jordan, Shannara, Star Wars, Terry Brooks, Wheel of Time
I don’t normally participate in memes, but I’ve seen this one on quite a few author blogs and it’s definitely topical. 1. According to my mother, I came home after the first day of kindergarten, plopped down on the couch with a book, and started to cry after only a few moments of flipping through [...]
