It’s rare nowadays to see a story in which faith plays a central role, but is neither a caricature of a protagonist nor the villain. In a great deal of modern popular culture, faith either makes you a crazy cartoon character or a wicked person who wants to see the world burn. And then there…
Author: Wes Allen
Wes got back in to Role Playing Games during the pandemic and it’s blown up into a wonderful mid-life crisis. He runs the DM Tales YouTube channel and website, GMs two campaigns, and plays online in another with some old friends. His “day job” is a Baptist Pastor in Philadelphia’s Jersey suburbs.
Bird in Flight
Temperatures reached the mid-60’s yesterday, a blessed reprieve from typical Winter temperatures, so my neighbor and I decided we were long overdue for a photowalk. We headed down to Palmyra Nature Cove and headed out on a path down which we’d never walked. We headed straight out from the science center and out on the…
Unexpected Beauty
I was researching USB microphones on my MacBook yesterday afternoon when, unnoticed by me, the wall behind our desk suddenly took on a brilliant pink hue. My wife, ever more observant than her hyper-focused husband, pointed it out. “What’s the Sunset look like?” Now, when I’m typically in hyper-focus mode I get annoyed when someone…
Paying for News
My post on February 2, entitled #resist laid out some of the ways I plan to resist the current political shift in our culture. One method I chose to pursue was paying for news. Achievement Unlocked. This past week my wife and I spoke and agreed to get a digital-only subscription to the Washington Post….
We Will Not Forget
Note The post below was written for the Central Baptist Church website. I am reposting it here because my voice is actually a little louder on Painfully Hopeful. The Message On Sunday, February 12, residents in a neighborhood not too far from Central Baptist woke to find hate literature in their driveways. The cards, disguised…
Unpacking Diversion Junction
And now the nature of the war begins to unfold. Let’s unpack. The Abbreviated Narrator The Narrator cuts off his conversation with Will once Bug becomes aware of it. In my other Novel, Welcome to the Valleys, the lead character is able to speak with a spirit-type being in his head. Will cannot do this…
