Absolutely loved this song in high school. Still do. This is a great one. Love Mary Wells.    Father, thank you for all the talent you pour out on your people. May every one of them know the source of it all. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

  Most writers have faced this if not literally, figuratively. The empty pages stare back, waiting. Words fail to materialize, to surface, to comply with the urgency felt at the moment when writers summon creativity to no avail. It's not a welcome feeling, situation, circumstance, condition. There's not a lot of recommended advice that solves the…

                       Trial by Twelve is the second book in the A Murder in the Mountains Series by Heather Day Gilbert. The series began with Miranda Warning. We left Tess Spencer and her attorney husband Thomas expecting their first child. We learn quickly in Trial by Twelve they named their daughter Miranda Brooke after the woman (Miranda Michaels) who…

  Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a "fool" so that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness", and again,…

                                         Ta Da! My latest novel has arrived for e-readers. Here's my blurb:      Life leads us to and from many places, but when it comes to eternity there are only two choices for our destination . . .      An unlikely felon returns to his roots and the friendship of a fiery…

  Rusty barbed wire. Dangerous. Harmful. Painful. Barbed wire fencing is often used for cattle because their tough hides generally will not suffer potentially hurtful injury if they lean over or through the rows of wire. However, if they get a foot or leg caught in the fencing, they can suffer severe cuts from the…

   If you want to read some grown up Christian Fiction with a painful and important plot, Finding Amanda by Robin Patchen is a good place to start. The prologue will make you nauseous as you prepare to meet Amanda many years later.   Amanda Johnson's chef skills, teaching cooking classes, and blog have given her a considerable…

         This is really the perfect setting to listen to Chris Botti, but he's just as spectacular in a larger venue with multiple guests. Always selecting superb musicians to accompany his work, it's a pleasure to listen to his creations and covers. An older song in an earlier time, this is another beautiful tune by the…

         Former Federal Prosecutor Diane Munson and former NCIS Agent and undercover agent for the DEA David Munson collaborate to "factionally" expose the underbelly of DC politics in their legal thrillers. Confirming Justice, published by FaithWalk Publishing in 2006, is one of many legal thrillers written by this duo. Federal Judge Dwight Pendergast and wife Christine…

       There is no good reason for my life being blessed – other than the God who created me somehow decided I would be born in the USA, given the best parents a child could ever hope to have and a wonderful protective older brother, go astray as a young 20 year old, spend over 30 years…