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Midnighters Coming to Television

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Haven’t you ever wished you had one more hour in your day?  Many of us have fantasized about having more time, when in fact, we already have all the time there is.

Not so in the Midnighters universe, an inventive trilogy of speculative YA fiction by Scott Westerfeld.  I just finished reading book one, The Secret Hour Midnighters Coming to Television.  I first heard about the books indirectly.  NBC is reportedly making a television series loosely based upon the novels.

A handful of teenagers in Bixby, Oklahoma have discovered that there is actually a 25th hour hidden between the first two seconds of midnight.  An entire hour that regular people only experience as a single moment.  Those who can inhabit this secret time each possess remarkable powers that help them to navigate and survive in it.  Their survival is not a given, either, because along with them are bizarre misanthropic creatures called slithers and darklings.

Like most good YA fiction, Midnighters deals with themes of teenage isolation, feelings of awkwardness, the need to conform, being popular, friendship and puppy love.  Oh, and saving the universe too.  I’m going to get book two today.

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Written by Pastor Scott Stiegemeyer

October 30th, 2009 at 7:00 am

Posted in Books,Media,Novels,Pop Culture,Television

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  1. Hi Pastor. I found your blog through a Google search about Lutheranism. I was wondering if you could help me with a question. Is it possible to be a true Christian without feeling the internal witness of the Spirit telling you that you’re a child of God?

    I want to follow Christ, not just to escape Hell, but because I know he is glorious. I know he is the only hope for sin, and I ask Him to be His over and over, but I don’t think Christianity is working for me.

    I want God, but He is not taking me. I don’t have supernatural fruits of the Spirit. My question is, how can one distinguish between saving faith and mere intellectual assent? How can I be sure I am saved and have real faith?

    The Bible says many will say, “Lord, Lord,” to Jesus, thinking they were saved, but He will say He never knew them. How can we avoid being in their category?

    blog reader from Seattle

    5 Nov 09 at 1:08 pm

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