When I converted to Christianity, I didn't come from a the meadows of piety. I came out of the world of sports, art, entertainment, from a culture that fills it with the things that live on the edges: the grotesques, the goblins, the gargoyles. So imagine the whiplash when, newly baptized and hungry for beauty and the rich symbolic heritage of the faith, I dove into modern Christian fantasy... only to find that a lot of it has the texture of mass-produced white bread. Soft, c

When Charlie Kirk was killed on stage, the shockwaves weren’t just political—they were personal. Fear, grief, and anger can lock us in small lives if we let them. But the Scaffolding method—awareness, discernment, discipline, and faith—offers a way to stand steady, grow stronger, and turn tragedy into a hero’s journey.

In the age of subversion for subversion’s sake, the extraordinary has become painfully ordinary. And that's why we forget orcs have families too. Because subversion is everywhere. But disruption without direction is just gobbledygook. It’s like flooding a neighborhood with yellow cars. What once stood out is plain, old background.  Fantasy literature has increasingly leaned into this trend.