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Recently, a local preacher and I were holding lunch at a well-known 2-star Mexican-style restaurant. As we dined on refried beans, flour tortillas, and well-seasoned skirt steak, he cited that he loved to end each sermon with a “charge”. According to his philosophy, the charge was to challenge each member to take the well-planned sermon and its focal points into the world and disseminate them to those outside Christ. What a brilliant approach! Instantly, it reminded me of Christ and…

As a child, I became fascinated by the world of magic. Whether the disappearance of a bunny or an entire Boeing 747 vanishing into mercurial air, each event captivated every ounce of my attention from start to finish. The landscape of suggestive mental misdirection ranges from Houdini to Burton, or even Copperfield. Even when I was informed of these tricks as concealment and distraction, my regard for them never wavered. Who cares, right? I care! I love a good “sleight…

How significant is the backstory to our favorite movie, comic book, and Western novella characters? Would it be foreign to assume we can make out all the needed insight of our genre heroes if not for the prequel? Meaningful preludes enhance the core narrative by strengthening the overall comprehension of the main character. Without this VITAL information, we would often be lost on the substantial understanding of the WHY of this unique figure. If this is true for the fictitious…

How significant is the backstory to our favorite movie, comic book, and Western novella characters? Would it be foreign to assume we can make out all the needed insight of our genre heroes if not for the prequel? Meaningful preludes enhance the core narrative by strengthening the overall comprehension of the main character. Without this VITAL information, we would often be lost on the substantial understanding of the WHY of this unique figure. If this is true for the fictitious…