Available for e-books only.  "Love is just a four-letter word until its true revelation hits hard in the hearts of six people who have yet to experience it in its purest form. The journey these individuals make to realize the origin and reality of genuine love is both gut-wrenching and rapturous, searching to find the…

We're able to see both of these views of Mt. Rainier from our home. I call it "The Chief" because if you look closely from this side of the mountain in the second photo, it looks like the Chief is lying in repose with the small "bump" on top being his nose just above his…

  Remember this one? I loved it. Must be the romantic in me. Hahahaha!    Father, you know us, you knew us, you knit us all together in the womb. May we all recognize who you are. Every knee will bow, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the Glory of God. In…

Redaction is Book 12 of A Rachel Hatch Novel Series by L.T. Ryan and Brian Shea.  And I don't know how I missed it! I read and reviewed Mirage (Book 13) here before I realized I'd missed Book 12. Rachel Hatch is given what seems like an odd assignment by General Thorne who personally steps…

       There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.  1 Corinthians 12:4-6 (NIV) 

So where do we go from here?  Have you ever asked yourself that question? If you're a Christian, you've found yourself waiting on the Lord. The only time waiting is even a little bit tolerable is when you really don't want to contemplate doing what you know you must. Anyone can be impatient. Christians are…

Crazy natural curly hair days when you work seven days a week at the racetrack. Oh well. A very long time ago.    Father, you watched me throughout my life and finally when I'd had enough of myself, you stepped in and said, "Have you had enough yet?" I was empty, and you saved me.…

Mirage by L.T. Ryan and Brian Shea is Book 13 in A Rachel Hatch Novel Series.  Rachel Hatch goes by "Hatch. Just Hatch." Former military, she's worked private security, and she's seen and faced all kinds of danger having the vicious scars on her left arm as a constant reminder. No longer officially working in…

  My all-time favorite Elton John song. Loved this one and still do.    Father, only you know hearts and only you can mend them. Only you can save. Only You. In the Name of Jesus, Amen. 

Honor them. They gave it all.  Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends.  John 15:13 (NIV)