Articles by K. B. Hoyle

WW84 asks us to confront the truth that while we have some desires that are good, even good desires can become dangerously disordered.

Power is no thing to love, only to bear with, as Tolkien teaches us.

“Further up and further in” is an imaginary concept, informed by legend and myth, and also Scripture. These are invitations for all to partake in bigger experiences, conversations, joy, and peace.

The female experience in life very frequently feels like that of a queen on a chessboard, especially when we get into traditionally male-dominated spaces.

The thing about lies is that eventually they have to give out. No matter how badly liars want truth to be relative—it isn’t.

What I love about the creation and inclusion of the Enola character is how much she makes sense in the Holmes family and how much she adds to the ethos of the story. 

In a time when winning has become the ultimate morality, and the struggle to gain and maintain power has turned otherwise absolute standards of goodness into subjective opinion in the eyes of so many, we all need more of what Ted Lasso is dishing out. 

Cuties is the product of perverse people who are perverse consumers who drive a capitalistic structure to give us what we want.

The deaths of young celebrities lead to collective shock and grief because of the unique roles performers hold in society.

Or perhaps it would be better stated that Smallville explores how Clark Kent’s heroism isn’t in how he uses his powers, but in how he has to learn to lay his powers aside—over and over again.

Too often “dream bigger” has been the mantra of Evangelicals, as if when Jesus spoke the Great Commission, what he really meant was, “Go big, or go home.”

Chernobyl has acted as a reminder to me that social media hasn’t made people crazy, paranoid, or stupid—people have always been willing to spread misinformation, lies, and conspiracies when it suits an agenda like a political or religious ideology.

Even though How to Train Your Dragon should be a very silly story, sometimes very silly stories manage to say the very best things.

Tomi Adeyemi’s success with Children of Blood and Bone is especially important for our cultural moment.

I feel a searing of my own conscience as I read The Ickabog, especially in the context of events unfolding across America with the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent protests.

We must also educate ourselves, immersing ourselves in the stories and experiences of the Black communities and individuals in America.