Michelle

@dakota – Beautiful!

I am not a cold weather person, but your poem puts me in the mood for all the great things of fall.

=) I love your style.

@sarah-inkdragon – I apologize! I forgot to respond to your comments.

It is so true that we have to follow our God-given gifts and convictions before engaging deeply in these topics. We have to know not only what we believe, but WHY we believe it. It took me a lot of research and study to solidify what I believe, and my beliefs only got fi…[Read more]

@josiah

I’m starting to see a theme… Our reluctance to address these topics appears to stem from a reluctance to leave the perceived safety of our evangelical friends/community to actually engage with people we are supposed to be evangelizing. =)

Can you define what you mean by ‘hard limits?’

As a Christian, I believe we must all r…[Read more]

This is exactly what I’ve found to be true. A book written for the Christian church, from the POV of a non-Christian of ANY kind, is not well received. Which I don’t truly understand, and find this is part of the reason the Church and – to keep with our topic – the reason Christian fiction feels mostly irrelevant or out of touch with the rest of…[Read more]

@karthmin – I wanted to take some time to think through your response before writing my own. Obviously, based on my shorter response, I completely agree with you, but there is a LOT of meat here, and I wanted to take it a bite at a time.

I honestly never thought about the expectation of Christian Fiction being suitable for children, but you…[Read more]

@karthmin – I am pretty much speechless. In the best possible way. =)

That. All of it.

Thank you for wording it so perfectly.  I wouldn’t attempt to add a thing.

I was starting to think I was the only one, and that is what I was praying I would find here at SE.

Thank you, sir. I give you the highest of salutes. (And, I humbly request to be…[Read more]

Thank you, everyone. Your answers are in line with what I’ve gotten in other forums. I’m not sure how I feel about it. I have a slightly different angle on these topics. Not in a way that contradicts what the Bible says, but much differently than most of the Christian church does.

I appreciate everyone’s…[Read more]

@daeus-lamb

It would/does require a lot of research to write about these things. Mostly to avoid perpetuating stereotypes or misinformation. =) Nine years should give you plenty of time. =)

@hope-ann – Help me understand what you mean by ‘straw man.’ I have never heard that term before.

@sarah-inkdragon – 

I think you and @daeus-lamb nailed the reason on the head. In general, Christians as a whole don’t want to or don’t know how to engage with these topics. And those of us who do engage must be careful not to allow the world’s vi…[Read more]

@i-david

Why not in fiction?

@azeline-d

This is gold! Thank you. =) I will definitely check out the Superpower Wiki. I didn’t know such a thing existed.

@karthmin

I like the sound of conpathic. I think I can make that work. They would be noted as able to “influence the others to feel with them.” Yeah. I like that a lot.

I’ll credit you if it makes it past my editor. =)

@evelyn

Thank you! Google was no help, and in all the stories I’ve read, I couldn’t remember anything like it. =)

Someone could be so focused on their purpose they miss the fun in life, or run a relationship into the ground?

@scarletimmortalized this is a fun world building exercise!

As the one oddball female who doesn’t particularly care for chocolate, the loss of HOT chocolate would be no biggie. =)

However, though there is no FIRE, there can still be sources of heat. Off the top of my head…

• Chemical reactions
• Friction
• A fantasy substance or creature…

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