. . . he does not treat us as our sins deserve    or repay us according to our iniquities.  For as high as the heavens are above the earth,    so great is his love for those who fear him, as far as the east is from the west,    so far has he…

                                     The five household chores I like the least (and that's putting it mildly): Ironing Dusting Cleaning the refrigerator Cleaning the oven (even the self-cleaning kind) Cleaning the blinds    Lord, give me a willing spirit to get…

   (Originally posted as "Broken and . . . Unwritten" on July 31, 2014.)  I've been the straggler when it comes to reading Charles Martin's novels. Shame on me. Unwritten is my third venture into Charles Martin's work, and it seems he has yet to disappoint. A few years ago – you Charles Martin experts…

      "I went to my room one day, and I locked the door, and got down on my knees before Almighty God, and prayed to Him mightily for victory at Gettysburg . . . And I then and there made a solemn vow to Almighty God, that if He would stand by our…

      Girl got some lungs. A classic done her way. Smooth jazz.    Lord, thank you for spreading your creativity around in so many ways. May each artist know you, the Source of it all. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.  

                         Irene Hannon started her Men of Valor Series with Buried Secrets.  Police Chief Lisa Grant left the Chicago PD for St. Louis in search of several personal revivals in her life. Although she didn't anticipate former Navy SEAL Mac MacGregor, now a detective…

     Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise – the fruit of lips that confess his name. And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.    Hebrews 13:15-16 (NIV)

           I think in the publishing business we sometimes don't give readers enough credit, but the opposite of that can also be true. A lot of this is due to the preferred genres and the resulting editorial methodology.  In recent years, editors fretted about changing points of view from one character…

  (Originally published on January 9th, 2014, over at Novel Rocket and republished here on 11/17/17) No one wants to listen to advice from an author who hasn’t sold much of his or her work. Writers want to hear from those elite authors who’ve ended up on The NY Times Bestseller List or have actually…

                                            Lively, lovely, and luscious.    Lord, you gave your artists of all kinds so much to work with. Thank you is never enough. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.