#chirstblr

[marietheran]

See, everyone is saying that the problem with most Christian art is that it's afraid to talk about difficult things, but I'm not actually sure that this is the crux of the issue? Certainly, there are many people who seem to expect "Christian art" to 100% positive, but at the same time, art doesn't have to be dark to be good, and many Christian books do showcase some quite grim stuff -- and still suck.

Either it's that maybe they're only setting the book in a dark place, and that isn't enough (perhaps it's internal conflict that is needed here, not just difficult external circumstances), or it's that the writing is simply poor. And I'm beginning to think it might be the latter, but I don't know what causes it.

Does the problem lie with too-lax editors or lack thereof? Surely there have to be Christians capable of writing well in the right circumstances?

[savedbunny]

Luke 4 18-19