Last week during the Alabama webinars, I mentioned a recent experience with my church's Women's Ministry. They asked me to write a blog post for their ministry blog. The opportunity challenged me to write in a different style than I usually use. For the first time in a long time, I got to share something in first person instead of third person. I chose a focus on something I've been mulling over for a few months. Is Christian fiction understood today to be clean stories for entertainment or do people grasp the opportunity to learn and experience God in stories set in our context? Jesus wisely used the parables to help people understand his teachings through stories set in their context of their day. For many of us, our learning styles lean in to the use of illustrations or stories in our context of understanding.

Some of you asked that I share this blog post with you. So here it is. I am also posting it here hoping we might have a conversation about how to put Christian fiction in our churches' libraries in the context of understanding how God works in our lives today.

https://women925.wixsite.com/fhbcwomen/post/morlee-maynard-an-unexpected-connection-how-christian-fiction-encourages-my-faith

Sadly, many lead pastors do not understand the role that Christian fiction is playing in our churches. Recently, one of our members shared how her pastor told the librarian to remove all Christian fiction. I've actually heard variations of this experience among many church libraries through the years. 

I hope you will share your thoughts and experiences with Christian fiction with us in the comments.

 

 

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