Hard to believe the infiltration of superstitions into everyday life. Wearing your "lucky" socks, hat, jersey, whatever, to influence the game and produce a win. Not stepping on sidewalk cracks to "protect" someone's back. Spilling salt and heaving a pinch over your shoulder to ward off "bad luck". I've caught myself adhering to superstitions along…

      Some of you live where these pictures detail what you experience in the wintertime. Some of you live where these aren't nearly cold or icy enough. Others of you live where the sun shines most of the time and if the temperature hits 50 degrees, you're shivering. Wherever you live, wintertime wears its…

     May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory…

  Your eyebrows might be raised at this picture being associated with Christmas, but I'm going to reproduce a portion of the sermon from the late David Wilkerson titled "Christmas: Resurrection".                                      . . .          When I look into the manger in Bethlehem, I see resurrection coming.      Paul Harvey [also deceased] tells the story of…

                                If you like thrillers and frame-ups, you'll enjoy Shooter produced by actor Mark Wahlberg with Ryan Phillippe staring as a retired formidable military sniper Bob Lee Swagger whose former Captain, now an FBI agent, supposedly enlists his help for protecting the president from a possible attack while setting him up to take the fall in an assassination. Don't know how…

      Couldn't get a scarier villain. He scares me when he's not dressed up! Looking forward to POTC 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales.   Father, only you can save souls. I keep praying . . . In the Name of Jesus, Amen.  

  The lovely picture above consists of "high resolution". If you're familiar with photography/film and the terms, you know high resolution implies it's clearly and distinctly defined by color, light, contrast, and detail. If you're discussing New Year's resolutions, you will think of defining goals, specifics and details particular to your desires or needs. Simply put, I…

     Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere . . .       Psalm 84:10 (NIV)      

     Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere . . .       Psalm 84:10 (NIV)       

                            Sins of the Father by Winter Austin, the third novel in the McIntire County Series, preceded by Atonement and Born to Die. While the cover in this third novel is not quite as striking as the other two, neither do Nicolette (Nic) and Cassandra (Cassy) Rivers' dominating personalities come through as strongly in their younger red-headed cousin,…