Into the Fire

Passionate thoughts about the world of writing and the Power of God

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  •                         Where are you headed? Where is life taking you? Do you have a direction? Or are you meandering until the road leads you where you need to go?  We all realize at some point that life is a journey. We're either constantly wandering…

  •       Guide us to thy perfect light! Jesus came to earth to be the Savior of the world. It required His sinless sacrifice. He took yours and my sins to that brutal cross of death. Then He rose again, cleansed, having taken our punishment. It killed Him. Without Him, it will kill us…

  • Those who read novels generally have a favorite author or authors. For me, I have favorite genre authors, and I usually can't name just one in the genre. However, many readers do have favorites that they can readily name. So my question to them is this: IF you could ask your favorite author a specific…

  •   “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” Micah 5:2 (NIV)

  • Knight Brew by Heather Day Gilbert is Book 9 in the Barks & Beans Cafe Cozy Mystery Series.  Macy and her brother Bo have the Barks & Beans tent up at the Renaissance Faire with coffee sales booming. But there are other mini-explosions happening with their baristas, and Macy and Bo aren't sure how to…

  •   . . . give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.  1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NIV) Be honest. Thanksgiving is a day to honor many traditions of the old America. It's a day to remind us of true thankfulness. It's a day that might be filled with fine…

  • D. L. Wood's The Choice is from The Deadly Decisions Collection.  Have you ever thought about what you would do with an unexpected guaranteed million-dollar gift? How about 90 million?  Sadie Miles is raising her best friend's son Matty with help from an older neighbor (Kyle) while she struggles to make expenses as a waitress.…

  •   Go tell it: Jesus Is the Reason for the Season!  Thank you, Lord Jesus! 

  • I recently got a review of my novel Then . . . you. It was a good one and I actually enjoyed it in spite of it being the only one who gave it 4 stars instead of 5.  Here is the line in the review that made me smile:  "The only thing was that…

  •   "I, even I, am the Lord,      and apart from me there is no savior. I have revealed and saved and proclaimed —      I, and not some foreign god among you. "You are my witnesses," declares the Lord, "that I am God.      Yes, and from ancient days I am…