Five places we visited on our four-day 1000+ mile road trip!  Lake Pend Oreille  Bonners Ferry Couer d'Alene  Post Falls  Lewiston    Thank you, Father, for protecting us along the way, for blessing us with your presence, for giving us…

                                                                                                        "All creatures great…

            The heavenly voice of Sam Cooke. A great oldie.   Father, the wonder of those using their gifts . . . Such beauty. Thank you for it all. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.  

                At the conclusion of her fiancé's funeral, Evelyn is shocked by the drama that further rocks her world.  So begins Carrie Stuart Parks' latest release Fragments of Fear.  Evelyn McTavish prefers that people call her "Tavish". She perceives herself differently than she is, has to battle anxiety…

       "Surely God is my salvation;         I will trust and not be afraid.      The Lord , the Lord is my strength and my song;         He has become my salvation."   Isaiah 12:2 (NIV)

            Most or many authors love their editors. I commend them all. I've had some of my work professionally edited. I took some of the advice and made some of the changes. I had one part of a piece looked at by a recommended editor and changed nothing because that…

                       Tipsoo Lake, Washington state, in the Wenatchee National Forest, gazing at Mt. Rainier.   Ah, Lord, such impeccable beauty you left to sustain us in this fallen world. Thank you for all of it. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

                     In the rubble, sorrows, death, decay, we will never forget the atrocities committed that day against the One Nation Under God. God reigns. Jesus Saves. The Holy Spirit seeks. Still.  Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive…

        Remember this one? Many of you won't. It was unique.   Father, it was a time of sometimes overwrought symbolism, but you know that. Thank you for all that you give to us in the creative process. Apart from you we can do nothing. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.  

                               Don't Let Go by Harlan Coben is my first go-round with this prolific bestselling author. Don't Let Go has that noir feel to it. Detective "Nap" (Napoleon) Dumas' first love (Maura) disappeared into thin air on the same night a…