profound spiritual truth dissolved in sheer
entertainment for effortless absorption
See heaven, nature and spiritual truth through new eyes
About this Book
Until I stumbled across Euphoria I considered Christian fiction to be spiritual baby-food – all mushy! I saw myself as a mature Christian, dining on strong spiritual meat, quite above reading anything as trivial as “Christian Fiction.”
At the time, Euphoria began with the words, “I’d love your feedback.” Well, to give feedback, I’d have to read it, wouldn’t I?
I did – and I haven’t been the same since.
As I read, my soul fed on rare, iridescent beauty. I have found nothing like it on the Internet. I am not an imaginative person, and yet my spirit soared as I read magnificent descriptions, and “listened in” on lofty and challenging dialog. My concepts of time, space, reality, and nature were stretched – especially nature!
I am left with a greatly increased love for, reverence for, and appreciation of, my awesome God.
WOW, you have such a talent with words! The way you describe the places you find yourself in is amazing and truly brings the scenes to life. As a writer myself I can appreciate talent when I see it! But more than this, you have really helped me ‘see’ the awesome majesty of God, and his overwhelming love towards us. What a passionate, kind, incredibly intelligent, stunning God we serve! And how did you think up so many adjectives and metaphors etc to describe HIM, heaven and the angels? I am completely jealous! Your writing has really helped lift my faith levels, and I intend to look back at it whenever I feel a downward spiral coming on. I was especially moved over your description of the crucifixion scene. After having shared the beauty of heaven and the angels etc, and then to be faced with the reality of his death deeply stirred me and gave me such a deeper appreciation of all he has done for us.
When I come across writing such as in Euphoria I hold it closely because it paints for me the mental pictures I so desperately need to see and new concepts I so desperately need to embrace. THANK YOU.
I do hope that you will share your novel with many others that they might be as blessed as I have been! Not everyone has the gift of being able to put in words such things as you have. Please don’t stop writing! And although I read so many of your webpages and was really encouraged by them, even they did not have the same impact on my spirit as your fiction did.
One other thought: as I was reading, it felt very much like reading a play as would be seen in the West End in London. What a wonderful impact that would have. Have you ever considered submitting it for the stage? Don’t laugh but it would hold its own against A Midsummer Night’s Dream!
Be blessed,
I always considered life too short and spiritual reality too important to bother with fiction. To my astonishment, I have discovered that the shortness of life and the importance of spiritual reality are the very reasons why I must write fiction.
The parables of the greatest ever Spiritual Teacher are so power-packed with eternal truth that we rarely stop to consider that many of them are actually a type of fiction. For the Son of God, truth was too important not to craft stories that highlight spiritual reality. The Old Testament, in addition to historical fact, also unashamedly uses fiction to make truth more real and harder hitting. Consider the prophet Nathan’s unashamedly fictitious story designed to highlight to King David the gravity of his sin with Bathsheba (2 Samuel 12:1-14).
I want to teach deep truths so painlessly that it feels like mindless entertainment to the learner. I want to stretch minds beyond the bounds of current human knowledge, so that when we leave the realms of speculation and return to hard reality, spiritual certainties will affect us more profoundly than ever before. It is in achieving these goals that fiction becomes the perfect medium.
To be gripping, my writing should seem convincing. My commitment to truth, however, makes me disturbed when readers keep wondering whether I have had some of the experiences described. I emphasize that, unlike many people, I have not had supernatural dreams, visions or angelic encounters. My purpose is not to relay personal experiences but to deepen your own walk with God.
Although written in the first person, the views expressed do not always reflect my own attitudes, but those of the character I am portraying.
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Chapter 2 The Mystical Forest
Chapter 3 Eavesdropping
Chapter 4 The Dark Planet
Chapter 5 The Gloom
Chapter 6 Double Take
Chapter 7 The Sea of Glass
Chapter 8 The Sweetest, Weirdest Nursery
Chapter 9 The Place Where Good and Evil Cross
Chapter 10 The Medicinal Garden
Chapter 11 The Walking Handbag
Chapter 12 The Stuffy Room
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