Daniel Camomile
Christian Fiction Training Faith
In our technological, individualist western lives, we have a knee-jerk reaction against contrition. There’s a heavy expectation on us, especially in the more toxic regions of church culture, to always be happy, self-assured, and “blessed”. The result is we live in a fantasy world where negative feelings get suppressed, or worse, get dressed up as …
In my last post, I introduced my Thomas A Kempis, Imitation of Christ series, where I’m adapting the old English version into more modern speech. I have found reading Thomas A Kempis, Teresa of Avila, William Law, and other old Christian thinkers very useful for training my mind to think more sharply about spiritual formation into Christ-likeness. …
For Christians concerned with spiritual formation, who yearn to grow in Christ-likeness, Thomas A Kempis’ The Imitation of Christ is an indispensable resource. But, most copies of this wonderful book are in King-James style English (Even, dare I say, Moody Press’ version). While this kind of old English has its merits, I grant, sometimes it’s distracting. …
Read: John 9:1-41 Last spring was one of the darkest times in my life. Depression has always been a nagging ache in my side from childhood, but this was something new. I had been a good Christian, I thought. I’d served in ministries, I’d persevered through hard relationships, I’d cut-off ungodly relationships, but still I …
Read: John 8:48-59 The movie, “Arrival”, is not your average alien thriller. The aliens arrive quietly and non-violently, mysteriously hovering over the earth in strange oblong spaceships. They aren’t at all humanlike, except for their desire to communicate with the humans. A linguist is sent to make first contact and bridge the language barrier, …
John 8:39-47 In the movie, “Liar Liar”, Jim Carrey plays a man cursed to always tell the truth. Your first thought about this premise might be, ‘that doesn’t sound too bad. Truth telling is generally a good thing to do—he’s basically being cursed to be virtuous’. But that’s why the movie is so sidesplittingly …
