A sign of those times. Great music but not without the touch of the wrong spirit in the lyrics. It was a hard time in this nation's history just as it is now. But the music was utterly sensational. God gifted some fabulous musicians and vocalists, but so many of them failed to acknowledge…

                                    Carrie Stuart Parks has written a fabulous series featuring a wonderful character in Gwen Marcey, self-deprecating breast cancer survivor and ultra talented forensic artist slash investigator. She's named her many sets of breast prosthetics (i.e. Laverne and…

Do not fret because of evil men     or be envious of the wicked for the evil man has no future hope,     and the lamp of the wicked will     be snuffed out.   Proverbs 24:19-20 (NIV)

                        Let's keep it simple because I got next to "nuthin'". Five recent favorites: Portrait of Vengeance by Carrie Stuart Parks (review coming soon) The Promise of Jesse Woods by Chris Fabry Anything by Sibella Giorello! Scared to Death by Karin Kaufman Guilt by Association by Heather Day Gilbert   Lord, thank you for these…

              (Originally posted on July 31st, 2014 , as "Broken and . . . Unwritten".) 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…

                                           Heartbreaking but effective.   Father, there is hard heartbreak in this evil world. Thank you, Jesus, for bringing the true Light into vast darkness. We need you, all of us. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.    

                            If you've read the previous stories in this "A Murder in the Mountains Series", you know the heroine Tess Spencer is a plucky, intelligent, courageous, and tender-hearted young woman, wife, and mother who never does anything halfway. She's earned the respect of the local sheriff from previous experiences with investigations, and he wants to…

   We welcome the new year with all kinds of celebrations, observations, meditations, reflections. Some of us have lost loved ones while some of us have welcomed new lives into this fallen world. The gamut of emotional, physical, and spiritual experiences have accompanied most of us along the way. Some will say "Good riddance!" to 2017 while others…

     When they [the Magi] had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him."      So he…

                           Are you a goal setter? Do you make resolutions? What are the five things you're looking forward to doing, hoping to accomplish, thinking will occur, or wanting to make happen in the New Year? I'm not a resolution maker nor a goal setter, but there are three things I hope to accomplish in 2018.…