Made me smile. Okay, after I cried.    Thank you, Lord, for all those parents, single and otherwise, who are devoted to their children and improving their lives. All they truly need…

           The Youngbloods had a lot of hits back in the day, some of those songs still familiar today. Their lyrics spoke to me during the dark times of my life without Jesus. Sad to say.    Father, thank you for allowing us to walk down the dark roads to discover…

                             Carrie Stuart Parks has written the third Gwen Marcey novel and it's a good one. When Death Draws Near takes forensic artist Gwen to a small town in Kentucky where a serial rapist is on the loose. A surviving witness disappears as…

Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom,    prisoners suffering in iron chains, for they had rebelled against the words of God    and despised the counsel of the Most High. So he subjected them to bitter labor;    they stumbled, and there was no one to help. Then they cried to the Lord…

      From the novel Sweet Release:  . . . He couldn’t take the casual relationship anymore. He was a firm believer in moving forward—treading water was tiresome and pointless—something you did only when you hoped to be rescued. Clearly, she wasn’t throwing him a lifeline.   Father, every notion, inspiration, right words come from…

                          (Originally posted on August 30, 2012. "Thinking . . . They Almost Always Come Home)  Libby Holden has lost touch with most everything meaningful in her life since her young daughter Lacey's death several years before the story begins. She blames her…

                      There are many, but specifically those of us who blog spend various amounts of time on posts, pictures, videos, etc., to attempt to generate interest in our blogs. Most blogs appeal to a certain audience, and in my case I try to address those who are readers and those who are writers and those…

         The unique and talented Harry Nilsson with a beautiful song from his many hits.   Lord, thank you for talents and gifts. So many. May each one know that you're the giver of their gifts. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.  

                            Karin Kaufman has written Book Four in the Juniper Grove Mystery Series, and it's another good addition. Death of a Santa proves to be a quick but not easy solve when one of the "Four Santas", who serenade homes with Christmas carols while consuming massive amounts of cookies as rewards, asks amateur sleuth and mystery writer Rachel Stowe's assistance in finding out…

If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;   if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.   Proverbs 9:12 (NIV)