The invaluable Lost Genre Guild has a post up about the monolithic acronymns in Christ-centered bookselling: the ABA, the CBA and the ECPA. In Secular vs. Christian? Sue Dent and Cynthia MacKinnon try to expose the breadth of publishing options open to Christian writers of the strange.
I seem to recall a journal posting by Ted Dekker about the emerging culture and how the line between secular and Christian is arbitrary. Christians both engage and contribute to the culture, or at least they should. Can one understand the culture without falling into sin? Can one address the culture without cloistering?
Yes. If you can let go of rumor and assumption and embrace Christ alone, you can.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Secular versus Christian, or Apples versus Oranges: Smackdown
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Well, thanks a bunch for this!!! And since you liked Demon so much, I'd like to make you aware of a Christian vampire/werewolf novel that has been making the rounds. I won't bore you with the details just jump to Amazon.com to read more or go to www.foreverrichard.com or www.neverceese.com or well, just about anywhere that isn't affiliated with CBA or ECPA cuz I didn't write to match their guidelines so they pretty much don't recognize I exist. :( Their choice of course. Yet I have no problem supporting them. I hear Demon rocks!
And I just saw you live in Des Moines. I lived in Burlington for two very cold years. Brrrrrrr. I have relatives in Cedar Rapid and my daughter spent a lot of time in the University of Iowa Children's hospital (with me at her side of course) in Iowa City. Dr. Afifi was our angel.
I feel very honoured that you posted a blog about our article! Thank you so much for linking to the LGG blog and leaving your comment.
If we can help just one person understand a bit more about the Christian fiction industry, then it was a worthwhile endeavor.
--cyn
It's been said that for someone who doesn't know Christ, there is nothing sacred. But from the Bible's view, for someone who knows him, all things are sacred. It's not what you write, it's Who you write it for.
Dog-diggity-gone! You kids get off my troll-porch!
Didn't you read the very clear and simple sign outside the cave?
No humans! Ever.
[Yes, I KNOW the paint smeared to look like "No Hummus, Ethel" but that doesn't mean it should be any less...uh...menace-y.]
Sue, I see that you live in Mississippi and at least at one point lived in Louisiana. My ogre-sister has spent the last 20 years in New Orleans. The swamp water is delicious down there.
I always marvel at these humans and their ability to divide. Comes in very handy when sorting clothes, not so much when chopping whole industries into little, difficult to access cubby holes.
Sorry, Mr. Ogre man. I must apologize. It was difficult to read the sign. But then, everything is difficult to read when swinging from a rope upside down by one foot. Very clever, that little trap. So if you'll kindly cut me, errrrrr, ease me down, I'll run along and leave you to your blogging.
I lived in Mandeville so it was easy to get away from the hurricanes when they threatened. Didn't do any good to move back home though. Katrina was still a hurricane when she made it to Jackson. Darn hurricanes. They got no respect.
Well, have to choppin' some more. I think I'm on to something.
That tears it. I'm running to Troll-Mart and picking up some new punji stakes.
And a jar of pickles. You know. Just to be sure.
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