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Friday, June 18, 2004
 | Updated! Reviews of Secret Radio"I just want you to know that i'm really enjoying reading your blog and i can't wait to find out what happens next. thanks for sharing." -- shae "It is vicious gossip thinly disguised as "fiction." It is entirely without literary, ethical, moral, or Christian merit." --Thomas Cassidy "This is such an absorbing story, and you bring it to life with dignity and...well...grace. :)" -- Cindy (Notes in the Key of Life) |
"Publish it. My wife attended [Name of IFB college]. I once taught at [Name of another IFB college]. PLEEEEASE publish it." -- comment via comcast.net
"This story must seem an exaggeration to some, but I have seen this stuff in action, and it's no exaggeration." -- Javie
"Thank you for your honesty." -- Karen
"Its just junk! Some junk still has worth. This junk is worthless." --Marine
"Your story touches me as I have experienced some of what you've penned. Coming from a rabid IFB background, my eyes were opened some years ago and I give my praise to God for that...Secret Radio gave me the ability to recognize and address these issues and through prayer dilute the weight of them." --- comment via email
"No animals were harmed in the filming of this story." I dunno...I think a few sacred cows might have been tipped." -- patzer
"I just finished reading Secret Radio....I started reading it this morning and couldn’t stop until the end....So much of it was believable from my own past in an IFB-controlled environment. Your story outraged me, touched me, and humbled me. It was well-written and it had what so much of modern fiction lacks—-you find yourself genuinely caring about the characters." -- Jack Harris, Air Force
"I have to say, I don't think she goes too far. That is a slice of real life....That's why she's dealing with it, and I think very tastefully, as part of her ongoing saga." --The G Man
"This is a great story." -- ruth
"It's FICTION based on TRUTH and it's publicized as such. That leaves SO much room for the mind to wonder and to wander. Leaves people guessing how much is true and how much is fiction, and just how much went on WHERE." -- IMRIGHTUKNOWIT
"I just finished reading "Secret Radio" and must say that I was captivated by it....I really identified with the struggles that your character, Grace, went through....'Secret Radio' is an Incredible read and uncanny portrayal of the IFB life." -- from a cablelynx reader
"Most excellent!" -- Dave
"I am truly impacted and inspired by the truth and the courage of your characters. This story has real depth and is a study of human nature...which is always a vast study and can be difficult." -- scarlet
"I just want to write to tell you how much I have enjoyed reading [SECRET RADIO].
I came from an IFB background. ...Thank you so much for sharing your story like you have. ... It is captivating and riveting." -- anonymous
"linguistic pornography!" -- jewnorgreek
"We have someone with the courage to warn us, and we punish them by calling it porn? I know it is shocking, but I don't believe for a minute this was written for any reason other than to make us sober and vigilant." -- Pastor Bob
"I have read [SECRET RADIO] and I agree with Pastor Bob" -- Webmaster of the FFF
"Your story takes me back to my own days in a fundamental Baptist Bible college. The details may be somewhat different as it was 40 years ago and not 20. Still, many of the same situations existed even then." -- Don Moffitt
"I've been reading Secret Radio all afternoon....Keep the story coming." -- comment from email
"lady you are spinning a bigtime soap there...and the page that I read was a bit sleezy...you can keep your fundy early afternoon TV show." -- I Have to Laugh
"I...was impressed, as many others obviously were, by the candid (yet not at all prurient or titillating) realism of the story. The main characters were...very believable and human in their tragic faults and surprising virtues." -- Reader from Canada, commenting via email
"This story becomes more incredible with every episode. It's unbelievable how many similarites I see to the IFB college I attended every time I read. I think you're doing a great thing" -- Josh
"Secret Radio paints an inaccurate picture, coming from someone with a known "axe to grind" and an overwhelming desire to show all IFB's as deviants." -- PappaBear
"Just know that one (more) person appreciates this work very much, and your candid (not sensationalized) portrayal. ... Thank you again for writing and sharing Grace and the rest of the crew." -- anonymous
"As much as I wish what was written ...[in SECRET RADIO] was fictional...it isn't. Maybe we don't like the way it was presented -- that doesn't mean that it shouldn't be told. I don't think that it's representative of a statistical majority." --phoenix
"I've only just found this blog, but I've already been through all the archives. I'm amazed at how true to life you've made the details of the story." -- Erin
"I'm only an occasional reader ...Will be less occasional reader in the future." -- tigger2
"Thanks for the great story....too real in some aspects." -- Kathy
"A good piece of fiction, very critical of the worst excesses of Christian Fundamentalists, written by an Evangelical Christian and including several examples of good, loving Fundamentalist Christians among its characters." -- posted by Jedimom on Jabootu's BBS
"What a great story and I'm sad to see it end." -- Winterpen
