We realized the seriousness of our endeavor right from the startling beginning. When you study the heavens, it’s a shocking discovery to find something new and so specific, something so amazingly bright set in place by some outrageous force. It beckoned to us, and after much discussion we knew we must pursue the phenomenon…

     In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world . . . And everyone went to his own town to register.      So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David,…

              Father, thank you is never enough. Jesus, we're still desperate for you. Please continue to rescue us. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

       (Originally published on March 24th, 2014, "The answers in . . . Stone and Spark".) The prequel to the Raleigh Harmon Mysteries has arrived. All of you who love Sibella Giorello's writing will certainly not be disappointed to read Stone and Spark which introduces us to 15 year old Raleigh Harmon and…

     I'm a sap for these beautiful commercials that play to my romantic and over-sensitive heart. Love this.   Father, please lead those who create such beauty to the perfect beauty of this season. Jesus is the reason for the season. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.  

      The beauty of deliverance. Unequaled. Thank you, Jesus.   Father, we're desperate for you and always have been. Always. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.  

                        Heather Day Gilbert gives us Book 2 in the Hemlock Creek Suspense Series. Undercut features Molly McClure, the girly girl who's never forgotten Isaiah "Zane" Boone from high school. He went to Afghanistan and she became a wedding planner at the posh Greenbrier…

     This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public…

                                           (Originally posted on August 31, 2014; "Deciphering . . . The Source")   "An FBI agent’s obsession with his late father’s secret sets him on a collision course with a past he has carefully avoided, shadowy enemies he never suspected, and a most unlikely friendship with an autistic man who sees reality in ways…

     Retro and always beautiful. Always.   Thank you, Father, for each and everyone who celebrates the birth of your Son, the Savior of the world. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.