Stories & Parables
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Pursuit: Chapter 3
The beggar reaches a crossroads: one path broad and inviting, the other narrow and thorn-choked. Wearied by the crown’s weight, he chooses the easier road—only to find that not everything on the Broad Way is as it seems. Shadows stir, voices tempt, and the cost of his choice becomes clear as the way forward demands…
Allegorical storytelling, Broad Way, Christian allegory, Christian fantasy, Emrys, Faith and doubt, fiction, god, goodness and mercy, jesus, Narnian-inspired, Narrow Way, Psalm 23 reflections, Pursuit (series), spiritual pursuit, Symbolic narrative, Temptation and truth, The beggar’s journey, The King
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Pursuit: Chapter 2
The beggar flees into the wilderness, clutching the stolen crown. Silence and hunger stalk him, and even water turns bitter in his mouth. But he is not alone. At a dying fire, he meets Emrys—a strange, sorrowful man who speaks of the King with unsettling authority. Can escape ever be real when pursuit is deeper…
Allegorical storytelling, books, Christian allegory, Christian fantasy, Emrys, Faith and doubt, fantasy, fiction, God’s pursuit of man, goodness and mercy, Narnian-inspired, poetry, Psalm 23 reflections, Pursuit (series), spiritual pursuit, Symbolic narrative, The beggar’s journey, The King, The weight of sin
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Pursuit: Chapter 1
A beggar receives an impossible invitation from the King. Fear, suspicion, and hope wrestle within him as he steps into the castle. But when kindness proves too much to trust, temptation whispers. The crown is before him, and with one choice, his flight begins.
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The Dancing Corpse
What happens in the space between death and life? This story is a meditation on mercy, memory, and the voice that calls us out of darkness. It is for anyone who has been held by God in their unraveling, then brought back not to escape the world, but to walk through it again, changed.
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In Dust and Glory: Chapter 3
In the aftermath of ruin comes something unexpected: welcome. Feast is the moment when mercy dresses in work clothes, and the Father comes running. “Not because I earned it. But because I belong.” This is the joy of being found—and built again.
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In Dust and Glory: Chapter 2
After the altars fall, the silence speaks. Ruins captures the ache of being undone, the quiet grief of realizing how deeply we were bound. “The dust clings to my skin like shame.” But even in the wreckage, a new kind of hunger begins to stir.
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In Dust and Glory: Chapter 1
What happens when Christ steps into the rooms we’ve built with pride, fear, and desire? Altars is the first step in a journey of confrontation and mercy. “He just… walked through my home. Quietly. Saw it for what it was. And with gentle, ruthless hands, began to tear it down.” This is where undoing begins.
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The Garden Remains: A Parable
“Every day is an opportunity to grow and to see growth.” Two neighbors, Haven and Hollow, live side by side with very different gardens—and very different habits. This modern parable explores the fruit that comes from daily faithfulness, the slow decay of neglect, and the hope that it’s never too late to learn how to…
Mountain/Valley 