For a true writer, each book should be
a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment.
He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have
tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.
       Ernest
Hemingway
I am presently writing a book that is certainly beyond my
attainment. I am writing theological fiction. The idea is to wrestle with the
theological question of what happens when we die. It will be a myth, a
metaphor, and not an attempt at systematic theology. In some ways, it will be a retelling of
C.S. Lewis’ amazing book, The Great
Divorce
. When I describe it like that, it is clear why it is beyond my
abilities. Yet, with luck, and by God’s grace, it just might be something worth
reading. Watch for it – coming soon, The Great Beyond.

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