Is this beautiful or what? Amazing sound. Love this.   Father, please continue to supply this amazing kind of beauty in music and lead the musicians to you, their Source. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.  

O                             Dictionary.com defines "character study" as follows: nouna work of fiction in which the delineation of the central character's personality is more important than the plot I like this definition because it makes sense to me. When I read, like many…

     Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.    Hebrews 12:28-29 (NIV) 

  I'm convinced no one has written true crime books better than the late Ann Rule. Besides completely covering the topics and lives of real killers with intricate detail, she was an amazing writer. Having just completed two of her works (Small Sacrifices [Diane Downs]; Dead by Sunset [Bradley Cunningham]), I can tell you she…

               (Originally posted on 03/08/15 as "Conflict is overrated.")               Over and over again in the writing world writers are reminded that conflict is the key element to sustaining story, to keep it moving, to make it desirable to the reader. And although…

                Adding a little waterworks to the garden scene.    Lord, thank you for the imaginations of your people in creating beauty for all tastes. Amazing is too small a word for you. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

      No arguing with their talent and some of the greatest music of their era . . .    Lord, we're all desperate for you whether we know it or not. Help us to be the ones you want us to be. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.  

                                     James Scott Bell has written one of his heartbreaking, gut-wrenching suspense novels with some shocking twists you won't see coming. Dylan Reeve, chiropractor to a few celebrity sports stars in Los Angeles, namely a sympathetic LA Laker…

     Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world – the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does – comes not from…

                 We don't immediately associate fiction with truth. After all, a novel tells a story, a product of an author's imagination. And, yes, within the genres of sci-fi and fantasy, we don't anticipate taking part in "truth", but the reality of a story is its ability to demonstrate…