My Writing Elsewhere
Sometimes I write things that appear in fantastic publications other than this Substack. Here’s a bunch of that stuff, most recent at the top.
Peaceful Pilgrimage in a Violent World | PASSIO
How are we affecting the world as we live in it and move through it? (October 2024)
Enjoy the Moment | Plough
What are we missing when we try to record every experience digitally? (August 2024)
Narnia Reveals the Best Kind of Nationalism | Lorehaven
C.S. Lewis’s world can help us find the true America within America (July 2024)
In Pursuit of Pure Northernness | Plough
Iceland’s vastness, perilousness, and barrenness haunt me. I wasn’t searching for God on that poetic island, but I found him. (May 2024)
Barbie as Portal Fantasy—and What That Means for Greta Gerwig’s Narnia Adaptation | Christ & Pop Culture
(November 2023)
How the Crucifix Shows Christ’s Salvation in Dark Fantastical Stories | Lorehaven
Horror fiction routinely appropriates the cross, but ends up evoking the gospel’s compelling power. (October 2023)
How to Make a Left Behind Streaming Series That’s Actually Awesome | Lorehaven
The late great planet Earth deserves a proper adaptation of the most extraordinarily religious speculative fiction ever written. (June 2023)
Why The Mandalorian Makes Sense in a World That Masks Creedal Religion | Lorehaven
The Star Wars series appeals to fans seeking a way into community. (April 2023)
No Dust on Me | Mere Christianity
His Dark Materials reflects our deeply questioning age (February 2023)
The Clique of Heaven | Fathom
Inclusion is a gift. (September 2022)
Wherever I Go, That’s Where the Party’s At | A Pilgrim in Narnia
Prince Corin as C.S. Lewis’ Harbinger of Joy (July 2022)
“I, Myself, Will Go Down With You” | Fathom
Leaning into the promise of God’s presence. (March 2022)
There Are No Cruel Narnians | A Pilgrim in Narnia
What The Horse and His Boy can tell us about racism, cultural superiority, beauty standards, and inclusiveness (September 2021)
Stubbornly Alive | Fathom
Pixar’s Soul is the perfect movie for a world weary of living (February 2021)
Why Batman Is a Terrible Superhero | Tor, now Reactor
Or, why our present social crises demand a different class of hero (September 2020)
The Enduring Legacy of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Speculative Faith
I never tire of spending time in a story in which skilled agents are “holding the line between the world and the much weirder world.” (May 2020)
A Feast of Mysteries for the Soul | Fathom
Living well requires feeding more than the body and the mind. (April 2019)
A Revolt Against Death | Fathom
We are becoming far too familiar with the stranger of death. (November 2018)