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The World Didn’t Like To Look At The Dark Underside Very Often. But That Didn’t Change The Ugliness; It Only Ensured That Those Who Perpetuated The Ugliness Were Left Alone To Kill And Maim And Rape.

The World’s Bumper Sticker Reads: Life Sucks, And Then You Die. Perhaps Christian Bumper Stickers Should Read: Life Sucks, But Then You Find Hope And You Can’t Wait To Die.

To Love In Any Way Is To Be Like A Child—it Means To Be Vulnerable, To Be Wide-eyed, To Be Selfless. There Is No Such Thing As Free Love; Love Is The Most Costly Expression In The World. To Love Romantically Is To Give Of Oneself Fully And Completely, A Merging And Meshing Of Souls So That The Twain Become A Unity. It Is To Allow The Sense Of Wonder To Fully Enrapture.

My Stories Are Not Christianized At All. I Don't Even Have Any Christians In My Stories. What They Are, Are Stories About Ordinary People Going Through Extraordinary Circumstances In Which I'm Exploring Truth. How Light Overcomes Darkness In A Way That's Unmistakable To Anyone Who Has Any Kind Of Faith.

But What Was Possible Or Practical Had Been Replaced By A Far Baser Impulse. Hope.