Exploring faith, fiction, and the space in between
The Cross and the Quill
Where biblical exegesis and theological imagination meet
The Divine Hiddenness of God is one of theology’s grand mysteries. Can God be truly, fully known? God reveals himself through Scripture and the Incarnation of Christ, but does this reflect the fullness of his character and being? What about the dark and trying times in life, where God seems absent? Did he turn his face away or is he asleep?
Silence speaks.
When the noise of life quiets down (a truly miraculous feat in our tech-and-noise-inundated lives), God speaks in the silence. One might say that God is the silence.
How far are we willing to go for the sake of our national identity? Whom are we willing to evoke to maintain our national power?
Alix E. Harrow masterfully probes at the underpinnings of nationalism and politics in The Everlasting, critiquing the all-consuming modern nationalist ambition—a timely critique in 2025.
Enchanted Quill Book Reviews
Fiction book reviews with content warnings and spice ratings
““Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.” ”
The Holy Plot
Theology through the lens of story
How far are we willing to go for the sake of our national identity? Whom are we willing to evoke to maintain our national power?
Alix E. Harrow masterfully probes at the underpinnings of nationalism and politics in The Everlasting, critiquing the all-consuming modern nationalist ambition—a timely critique in 2025.
Is love worth the risk? Even at the cost of your body, heart, and soul?
God is hidden from our mortal eyes, and yet, we long to know—if not God as Godself, then we long to know our human selves and all the intricacies of our world. But is what does it gain for us to know? How are we more faithful for knowing… or not?