This is Faith in Play #90: Nerd Enough, for May 2025. Thanks to Bryan Ray for recommending the Min/Max Podcast. This topic comes from their second episode, some years back, which I just heard. The issue raised was whether any of the panelists on the podcast thought that they were “nerd enough”, that is, were … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #83: Spirits, for October 2024. In my book Why I Believe I note that if there is a supernatural realm in which God exists, it is at least likely that there are other spirits existing in that realm. Further, those spirits might be at least as varied as living organisms … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #82: Nice, for September 2024. “I need to be more human.” Not knowing how to reply to this comment, I silently awaited some statement that would give it context. In a moment I was rewarded. “I need to be more nice.” I recognized something of a non-sequitur, so I said … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #71: Good Witch, for October 2023. The word “witch”, according to the dictionary, has connotations of evil magic, ugly appearance, and a nasty disposition. Yet in our usage we have lost this aspect of witches being evil and ugly. Indeed, if you attend enough game conventions you will meet girls … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #69: Steeple, for August 2023. There is something in Jewish history we call the Diaspora. It refers to the fact that having been driven from their homeland many Jews settled in nations throughout the world. It may have begun with the Assyrian Empire and perhaps is technically still happening today. … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #68: Prayer, for July 2023. This arose in discussion on the Christian Gamers Guild mailing list. It seems that someone mentioned a new role playing game in which players were expected to verbalize the in-game prayers of their fictional characters to the real God. Guild members had mixed reactions to … [Read more…]
We again finished the year, and should observe the tradition to post an index of the past year’s articles on the last day. In December of 2021 we published 2021 At the Christian Gamers Guild Reviewed, and in previous years 2020 at the Christian Gamers Guild Reviewed; 2019 at the Christian Gamers Guild Reviewed; Thirteen … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #55: Marriage, for June 2022. I have written quite a bit about marriage over the years; I’ll not endeavor to list anything here. It strikes me, though, that although in my fiction I’ve had several weddings and character marriages, and in my games likewise, I haven’t written much about marriages … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #54: Stigma, for May 2022. Half a year ago, when RPG-ology #48: Embraces was published, a reader following our Facebook page (which exists primarily to let people know we exist somewhere else) commented that we should drop the word “Christian” from our group’s name. I responded to ask why, but … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #40: Harry Potter Series Follow-up, for March 2021. This was originally published as an entry in the Blogless Lepolt web log at Gaming Outpost under the title Opinion Vindicated, and recently recovered thanks to Regis Pannier of the French edition of Places to Go, People to Be. Many of you … [Read more…]