The Holy Post

Episode 507: Dubuque, Demons, & Defying Patriarchy (Part Deux) with Beth Allison Barr

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May 4, 2022
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ADVICE

Use Short City Getaways To Boost Writing

  • Use short, focused writing retreats away from routine to increase productivity.
  • Phil Vischer describes renting a loft in Dubuque and writing multiple segments in a single day.
ANECDOTE

Surprising Time Capsule Behind A Wall

  • A Crystal Lake family renovating in 1959 found a towel-wrapped McDonald's order and remarkably intact fries behind a toilet-paper recess.
  • The hosts treat it as a charming time-capsule story and a lesson in odd human habits.
INSIGHT

Fiction Became A Real-World Lens

  • Frank Peretti's 1980s novels turned fictional spiritual warfare into a literal framework for many evangelicals.
  • That literalization helped equate cultural enemies with demonic forces and shaped later culture-war rhetoric.
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