This is Faith in Play #5: Fear, for April 2018. I heard a comment on the radio to the effect that fear is a problem for intelligent imaginative people. The argument was that such people readily envision all kinds of terrifying possible outcomes of any situation, and so give themselves negative expectations. Stupid people, it … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #4: Bad Friends, for March 2018. This started with a bit of silliness that over the course of a few hours became considerably more serious. It was a morning drive, and on the radio someone was talking about how Jesus had saved her marriage. She said that now her husband … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #3: Javan’s Feast, for February 2018. Have you ever been in a game in which a character in the game did something that impacted all the players at the table? It happened to me once. Well, it probably has happened to many of us. It happens sometimes when one player … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #2: Portals, for January 2018. I’m going to begin this with a bit of a theology lesson, continue with a some words from a song I wrote a few years ago, and then tie it back to our fantasy and science fiction stories and games. One of the things that … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #1: Reintroduction, for December 2017. There is a sense in which this is the continuation of the Faith and Gaming series. I began writing that in April, 2001, and continued doing so every month for four years—and then stopped. It seemed to end abruptly to me, but as I looked … [Read more…]
Over the past eighteen months, our diligent and dedicated webmaster Bryan has been republishing much of the material generated by and for the Christian Gamers Guild over the previous two decades in a new web format which is thought to be more accessible and is certainly better looking. That has included material from our e-zine … [Read more…]