You know that scene in the first Harry Potter story, when Harry starts getting his letters from Hogwarts? His aunt and uncle won’t let him keep or see any of the notes. Each time one arrives they shred it, confiscate it, smash it, burn it in the fire. Until one day Owl Post bombards their […]
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Pro-Lifers, Let’s Be an Unstoppable Owl Brigade
Posted in All Truth is God's Truth, Controversies, Culture and Politics, Rants, Spiritual Warfare on August 20, 2015 | 4 Comments »
Funny Things on the Internet – Would Jesus LOL?
Posted in Christian Living, Musings, Preaching to Myself, Rants, tagged clueless, compassion, dumb, grace, internet, jesus, lol, love, memes, Scripture, stupid, stupidity on February 9, 2015 | 5 Comments »
The other day I saw a BuzzFeed list of “Things to Make You Want to Burn Down the Internet.” It was full of jaw-dropping spelling and grammar mistakes, and shocking ignorance – like a person asking if the rain fell up in Australia since it’s on the bottom side of the earth. I got some […]
Whom Shall I Fear? – When Doctor Who Gets It Wrong
Posted in Controversies, Fandoms and Geekery, Philosophy and Worldviews, Quotes, Rants, tagged clara oswald, doctor who, fear on October 2, 2014 | 6 Comments »
I love Doctor Who. The show is clever, and exciting, and funny, and full of interesting characters and worlds. It also has many beautiful quotes and messages that I appreciate, such as the inherent dignity of humankind, the value of each individual life, selfless sacrifice, courage, and the faithfulness of true love. That said, although the […]
Have We Forgotten the Monsters?
Posted in Christian Living, Motherhood, Preaching to Myself, Rants, Speculative Fiction on September 4, 2014 | 11 Comments »
My three year old son is nervous about monsters. They frequently feature in the toddler TV shows he watches – not that real monsters are in the stories, but the characters often think there are monsters but are proven wrong. So he knows they’re not real! They aren’t even real in the shows he watches. […]
Why I Didn’t Always Love Jesus
Posted in My Life, Quotes, Rants, Scripture, tagged children, church, hobbit, jesus, tolkien on May 8, 2014 | 8 Comments »
When I was three years old, I hid inside a closet and prayed to “ask Jesus into my heart”, as they say. It’s probably my earliest memory. By the time I was ten, I recognized that my conversion had not included a confession of my sin or a desire for forgiveness, so I sought salvation […]
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Bethany A. Jennings is a YA speculative fiction and poetry author, a freelance editor, and a lover of artisan sandwiches. Born in SoCal, with a heart and soul raised in many different worlds, she now lives happily in New England with her husband, four children, zero pets, and a large and growing collection of tiny houseplants. She is a firm believer in the power of words to reach hurting hearts, uplift the weary, and pierce the darkness.
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