Month: March 2009

  • Playing Guitar with Oven Mitts

    As I sit at the computer, watching the clock strike 11:01 when I meant to be in bed at 10:00, and think over the day’s events — the phone calls I muddled my way through, the little Dodge Neon I bought though all these years I’ve planned to buy a minivan, the schedule which continually…

  • Interview with Allan Miller – Hunter Brown and the Secret of the Shadow 3

    Tonight, I’m privileged to wrap up the March CSFF tour with an interview with Allan Miller, one of the Miller Brothers, who took time out of a very busy schedule to first agree to a last-minute interview and then to thoughtfully answer my questions about art, allegory, homeschooling, and more! I really enjoyed my conversation…

  • A Review – Hunter Brown and the Secret of the Shadow 2

    Hunter Brown is an average ninth grade boy: good at pranks, bad at first impressions, mediocre at life. Things have been harder to deal with since his father disappeared years ago, but Hunter makes do. Until, in a Neverending-Story-meets-the-Matrix moment, he opens an ancient book and learns that everything he ever knew about his world…

  • Hunter Brown and the Secret of the Shadow: CSFF Blog Tour

    One of my first thoughts when I picked up Hunter Brown and the Secret of the Shadow by the multitalented Miller Brothers was “Boy, reading sure has changed.” Nonfiction underwent the transformation years ago: a book is a Web site is a blog is a Wiki is a link to a whole lotta more information.…

  • Passages: Defy the Darkness

    This week’s “passage” is a movie, the first short from Lamplighter Publishing. In this “new dark age,” a few will defy the darkness. This is a must-see for everyone who uses words to shine light in our culture! “With every word, with every page, with every story, we defy the darkness.”