Mirrobius is a Spiritual Book (But Not That Kind)

I can picture it happening. Someone hears about my new novel, Mirrobius, and decides to check out my website to learn more about me. The first image that they see is of me in a robe and stole with the word “Minister” layered over top.

At that point, they may have a natural inclination to wonder about what kind of a novel this might be.

Is this novel “Christian fiction?” Will it intersperse plot points with Bible verses in order to convert the reader? Will the resolution involve a character praying the Sinner’s Prayer?

Let’s not bury the lede too deep: no. Mirrobius is not that kind of book. At all. Yes, I’m an ordained minister, but I felt zero need to write that kind of story. Not only did that not even cross my mind, but I find most “Christian art” to be schlocky, heavy-handed, poorly made, and theologically embarrassing.

Is Mirrobius a spiritual book? That’s a different question. I’m of the belief that everything has a spiritual dimension,* in the sense that everything has the potential to connect us to deeper parts of ourselves as well as to whatever wider conceptualization of existence we adhere to.

With that definition in mind, of course Mirrobius is a spiritual book. Characters deepen their self-understanding, achieve new senses of the world around them, and discover truths about their purpose. Readers with theological or philosophical backgrounds will probably identify concepts from various schools of thought, although for me such inclusion was hardly ever intentional.

My beliefs and career were bound to make an appearance in some way, but not in the overwrought way that certain genres prefer.

So yes, Mirrobius is a spiritual book. But not that kind.

Mirrobius is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple Books, and Smashwords, among other places.

*My very first book, Coffeehouse Contemplative, is all about this idea.