Into the Fire

Passionate thoughts about the world of writing and the Power of God

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  •                               Great song. Tellin' it like it is.    Father, you are Love. You're the only One who can show us what love is, how to love, and to whom we can give our love. Only you. Thank you for first…

  •                                                False Pretense by Heather Day Gilbert is the final segment in (Book 4) A Murder in the Mountains Series.  Tess Spencer is wife to running-for-Prosecutor Thomas Spencer, mom of two, and works…

  •        Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the…

  •                                       Five unusual things you've done in your life:  I ran for Senior Class Secretary and won at my high school. To this day I don't know why I did.  As a sophomore in my history class,…

  •                                       (Originally posted as "The final . . . Reckoning" in March of 2014) "Death will have a reckoning, and for Cody and Remy it could mean the end of everything they’ve loved." Winter Austin has written…

  •                   Time is close to welcoming springtime. Let this beauty reflect that each season has its own color, creation, and majesty.   Father, you left us beauty on this sin-stained earth. I suspect it's to remind us of who you are and that you are forever. Thank…

  •           Doobie Brothers had a boatload of hits. This is one of the many performed live with some custom additions. Great group.   Father, bless your musicians – may they all know who gave them their talents. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.   

  •                             Those of you who know me will find it highly unusual to learn I just finished The Lady's Mine by Francine Rivers. "Why?" you ask. The story begins in the year 1875 putting the story far back of my preferred contemporary…

  •                     "God opposes the proud                but gives grace to the humble."      Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Come near to God and He will come near to you.   …

  •     If you choose to, you can believe men and women came from a one-celled amoeba a zillion+ years ago after a random explosion. Go ahead. You're free to choose. But – you can't begin to prove it. You can only speculate – because believing God made a man and from him a woman…