Many years ago as I was starting my this venture, when the books were just an idea, I attended the very first GrandCon at a small convention center at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI. That year I volunteered for many hours, ran several games and had a great time. I did not hold a …
Gen Con was so full this year. Most years I help Nathan Marchand with his book table and we put our devotionals out along with his fiction works. This year he had to cancel last minute and we didn’t get that pleasure. But I had some other responsibilities. This was the first year I served …
I have started another watch through of Stargate SG-1! Best TV show ever. Today I watched the episode Show and Tell from Season 2. In this episode an unexpected traveler arrives at the SGC (Stargate Command) via the Stargate with a warning: an attack is imminent. The episode starts with the gate dialing up due …
A couple weeks ago my writing buddy and good friend, Nathan Marchand, tagged me in a FB post about a new nerdy devotional. Finding God in Anime Vol. 2 one is entirely focused on anime and includes around 2 dozen contributors. That is a ton of writers. I emailed the editors and had them send …
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness must have had one of the most anticipated and discussed arrivals in years, aside from Infinity War and Endgame. This movie led us into the multiverse with the horror atmosphere that Sam Raimi is known for and the adaptability of bringing heroes to other genres that the Marvel …
The Batman brings us to see the dark hero in his early years. Bruce has only been Batman for two years. Right away the tone is set that Gotham is very dark. We start out with three situations of simultaneous crime, during which we get a voice over from the Dark Knight about how picky …
Scott Bayles recently published a new book: Holy Heroes of the Bible. This is the third book in his Holy Heroes series. The first book, Holy Heroes: The Gospel According to DC and Marvel, looked at many superheroes and found Biblical connections in their stories and character arcs. His second, The Holy Heroes Devotional, is …
Have you watched Sanctuary? This show features Stargate royalty Amanda Tapping in the lead role as Helen Magnus, a researcher who has lived a long life studying and protecting “abnormals” which is a variety of creatures and people with powers. You also have another Stargate alum, Christopher Heyerdahl, playing not one but two roles as …
Each December my Mom and I sit down to watch both Christmas episodes of “Eureka”. If you haven’t watched it, Eureka is a comedic twist on science fiction that follows a sheriff in a town populated by crazy scientists. In “O Little Town”(Season 4, Ep. 10), the first of the two holiday episodes, we find …
After a long weekend of serving at a youth conference on the tech team, I finally made it to see Marvel’s The Eternals on Sunday night of the opening weekend. I read the run that Niell Gaiman wrote and found it fascinating so this was something about which I was excited. I wish I had …