PG-13 • FICTION: Thirty-Two Tactics for Tormenting
The inspiration for this book came from CS Lewis’ Screwtape Letters: A masterpiece of satire, it offers a sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to “Our Father Below.” At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, The Screwtape Letters comprises the correspondence of the worldly-wise devil Screwtape and his nephew Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing the damnation of an ordinary young man.

FICTION • For Group Study: Decades ago, confusion was spread in the form of innocuous cliches. Because of these cliches, people in the city were led astray. Because many were led astray, the city began to crumble due to depression, crime, broken families, and loss of hope. Because the city crumbled, many began pointing fingers which all pointed back to one man in particular. While this man claimed to be a Christian, no  evidence was ever submitted to support his claim.

The following pages include the story of the man’s encounter with the Etymologist and the transcript from the deposition where it all began.

nonFICTION : Why don’t most believers believe in the power of belief? Jesus marveled at belief. Why do lies seem to get more air-time than truth? Maybe people choose lies because they haven’t seen the truth. The good news is this; once you clearly see the truth, you can’t help but see the lies in other things. Choose to believe!

“An island of people who only KNOW about pennies and nickels can’t be blamed for doubting the visitor who talks about his bag of quarters!”

PG-13 • FICTION: The News-Register in McMinville, Oregon covered a tragic story headlined with a heart-wrenching question that most people never saw due to the unending cycle of worldwide news.

Years ago, two overworked, burned-out Pre-K teachers got high at work and took their students on an impromptu field trip to Devil’s Punchbowl without notifying the children’s parents.

Shortly after the child-like teachers loaded the four rambunctious boys onto the school bus, the only little girl, Avery, sat alone in the back, knowing that something was wrong.

To this day, the one question that everyone asks is,
“what about Avery?”

PG-13 • FICTION: In 1994, during third period at Sun High, two friends created a list of names ranking the top ten girls in the school. What started as a fun idea to pass the time spiraled into chaos, deception, and death.

Twenty years later, two alums meet in an old truck-stop diner to discuss their secret relationship but end up discovering lies hidden from the town for decades.

Like gasoline and fire, Corrie’s twenty-year obsession with the list mixed with Tysun’s haunting desire to redeem his past causes an explosive scandal that threatens more than they could’ve ever imagined.

PG-13 • Fiction: What I did: One day, I challenged myself to write a short plot or movie/book description (including a title) in less than five minutes. I made my own rules where grammar, punctuation, and other writing laws didn’t matter. And, when time elapsed, editing was illegal. Lastly, I had to share the plot with at least three people. The following day, I tried it again. Next thing you know, after 205 days, I had a book full of novel ideas.

What I learned: How to think faster, write more, and care less. But, most of all, ideas are limitless.

PG-13 • Fiction: The strangest thing happened last week. I found myself in heaven flipping through the Book of Life. This Book was nothing like I imagined over the years. And, it didn’t contain just the names of people, but every last detail about them as well. The peculiar thing about each person’s entry was at the end. It was almost like heaven’s version of an email signature. Right below their names was their contact information. I was not expecting to see that. Since I had randomly stopped in the P’s while flipping through the Book, I thought I’d look to see if the Apostle Paul’s name was there. It was. I found his name, and I immediately went to the end of his entry, and saw his phone number. I quickly pulled out my phone and entered his number in my contacts. I wasn’t sure if this was frowned upon in Heaven, so I looked around to see if anyone saw me do this…