If a man is going to write on chemistry, he learns chemistry. The same is true of Christianity.
Our culture places a very high value on storytelling, and the more that Catholic writers are able to master that craft, the more they can speak to the culture, the more powerful their stories will be.
I'm given a lot of credit with opening the doors for Christian fiction. It was kind of a difficult field when I got into it... But I don't feel like a king.
Poe was a student of many things, and among those things he read and referred to in his work was the Bible.
I'm first a pastor and then a writer.
I'm a preacher first and a writer second, although my role is changing a bit at the church. I'm going to bring on a co-teacher, but I'll still be a pastor and a writer.
When you are writing for the Christian culture, there is a whole gamut of expectations.
All of my books began as sermons, so really the heart of the message is still the same.
A bad book about the love of God remains a bad book.
I consider my greatest strength my complete and utter faith in a loving God. Strong family values are also important and I do not hesitate to write them into my books. My reader mail tells me this is something that readers especially like about my books.
'Catholic writer' seems like you have an agenda of evangelization, as if you were somehow influenced in your choice of perspective by dogma or canon law. That has nothing to do with me. I don't have a lot in common with other 'Catholic' writers.
All my books come out of sermons, and I'm really a pastor who writes rather than a writer who pastors.
I don't think I could write a novel that wasn't theological.
I am not a "Christian author." I am an author who is a Christian. While my books reflect my faith, they are not intended as teaching tools for a Christian audience per se. My books are stories created around principles that work for everyone and they work every time.
