http://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainmentnews/bill-paxton-dead-at-61-due-to-complications-from-surgery/ar-AAnso5t?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp     Sad to hear of Bill Paxton's death due to complications from a surgery. A great actor and perfect in the new TV series Training Day where he plays the opposite kind of rogue cop from the original film starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. The series added intrigue and history between the free…

     The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.   1 Corinthians 15:56-57 (NIV)

                The following is Chapter Five from a WIP (work in progress) tentatively titled Seeing . . .   Five        They ate in silence, a covert solitude between strangers whose lives had intersected. Micah rarely had a companion traveling with him. In fact, it had been several years since his sister accompanied him…

             Both Lethal Weapon (top picture) and Shooter (Ryan Phillipe pictured) will see a second season. I'm thankful for that. Although I don't know where they will take the plot for Shooter since they resolved the primary focus of Season One, I'll be interested to see what the writers will do. Lethal Weapon is a…

                 God Bless America, please. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.  

        This is a rant if there ever was one. What in the *%#&! happened to proofreading?! In all my years of reading printed material and now e-material, e-books, and e-everything, apparently public education has taken a huge toll on common language and typing skills. The errors are endless. Ridiculous mistakes, typos, misspellings, and every…

                                  {This post is a rerun from 2012 but still applies.}  Writers beware. Talk is cheap. Affirmation is necessary in most peoples' lives. So writers aren't unusual in that regard. But we can be less than satisfied with compliments that ring hollow or seem "canned". After all, we strive to write with a unique…

The idols of the nations are silver and gold,    made by the hands of men. They have mouths, but cannot speak,    eyes, but they cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear,    nor is their breath in their mouths. Those who make them will be like them,    and so will all…

                                                                                                                                                             Thank you for every one of them, Lord God. Thank you. Please continue to help me with the ones you've given me to tell. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

                  The second prequel in the Mitch Rapp series by the late Vince Flynn. The publisher has altered the covers of the books over the years, but I think this was an original of Kill Shot. A definite 4.   Lord, thank you for Vince Flynn and all the unique stories you gave him to…