Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind."      Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, "What? Are we blind too?"       Jesus said, "If you were blind, you would…

                                                                                  Hiking, with son Aidan, and on the bus tour. Through the years, over time,…

                Although we can vary greatly in our approaches to creating novels, our genres of choice, who we enjoy reading, and how we define good writing, we authors do have some things in common. Respect for our work, loyalty to our work resulting from "getting" how and what…

                                I've never seen this cover for this novel. And these colors and the "subtext questions" are unique for Vince Flynn covers.  There was a great line by Rapp in this book where the title is used to convey an…

    Love can be hard. But it can be grand. Never take it lightly. And never not work at it.   Father, you are Love. We can't begin to understand that kind of love in this flesh, but we aspire to know you as deeply as we can. Thank you is never enough. In…

     "Listen to this, O house of Jacob,    you who are called by the name of Israel    and come from the line of Judah,  you who take oaths in the name of the Lord    and invoke the God of Israel -     but not in truth or righteousness –  you who…

    If you love novels, you want the stories to include not just the hero and heroine but interesting, entertaining peripheral characters. Will they be friends, relatives, associates, co-workers, clients, customers? Who will be that character – or those – to which the author invests pages of interchanges with the main character(s)?  So much…