If you love the trumpet and soft jazz, Chris Botti is your man. Love his music.   Thank you for the infusion of your beauty into music and those who play it. In the Name of Jesus, Amen. 

     Sheer elegance with a touch of rustic finishes. Gorgeous. Love this one.   Father, heaven must be spectacular because you've allowed tremendous beauty on this fallen earth. In spite of us. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

                                   So. If it came right down to it, what is the percentage of Christian novels you read compared to those of the general market? I'll tell you my estimate: 80/20 Christian novels to secular. I can also tell you it used to be 100% to zero. I spent 30 years in the world…

  Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished,    but those who are righteous will go free.   Proverbs 11:21 (NIV)

  In today's society, it's impossible to ignore social media. It can be minimized, but it's hard to completely eliminate it. If you're an author, you're encouraged to engage certain activities within the social media world. Some writers choose a boatload of sites before they eventually start reducing some of them. I started this blog…

  One current popular phrase used to describe relationships, work situations, and just about anything that makes normal things harder than they should be is, "It's complicated". No  kidding. Life is filled with complications. Snags, hardships, busy-ness, illness, failure to communicate. All kinds of circumstances contribute to those elements of confusion and chaos in our lives.…

This song by Twila Paris is one of my all time favorites and never fails to elicit tears.                       Powerful, sorrowful, and beautiful.                        Thank you, Jesus. Never enough.

  We're going rustic for the next few weeks. Simple, functional beauty here.   Father, thank you for the simple and beautiful. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

                        Although I received The Bones Will Speak by Carrie Stuart Parks for review from the CFBA, the book arrived past the deadline for review thus making mine late. We join Gwen Marcey in this second novel post breast cancer and out of work. She's a forensic artist who's suffered a messy and particularly hurtful divorce…

  When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,    but the righteous stand firm forever.   Proverbs 10:25 (NIV)