The classic novel Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier is an example of particular style and daring told from the nameless heroine's POV in the late 1930s and early '40s. With a dark and foreboding presence throughout the novel, at first the reader assumes it's from the moody widower Maximilian de Winter but really it's from…

  But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God – having…

                          Yesterday I spoke of the freedom in the prose of some of the classic novels. As in every generation, different authors will be celebrated as the best of the old writers. And, as expected, some will gush over Hemingway while others will rave about Fitzgerald or Faulkner. I only prefer one of the…

                  There's something refreshing about going back to the not so distant classic novels. I'm rereading Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and last year I read F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night, both books I read a very long time ago and loved. From a writing standpoint, there is such freedom in the prose.…

      Pirates of the Caribbean, The Curse of the Black Pearl. I cannot count the number of times I've watched this movie. So much fun. All the terrific lines and scenes. Even the deleted scenes were amazing. Great acting and chemistry. Perfect.   Lord, you know how I've prayed. I wait upon you for those…

  This Memorial Day seemed especially sad. We've lost so many in Special Forces under this president and in suspicious circumstances. Seventy-two percent of the military deaths in Afghanistan (72%) occurred under this president. Former SEALs lost in Benghazi under a shroud of lies. Extortion 17 killed 30 SEALs under flawed conditions aimed at destruction…

    I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.   2 Timothy 4:7 (NIV)

                          The third book in the Porter Family Novels, A Love Like Ours by Becky Wade tells the story of two best friends separated at early ages who are reunited as adults involved in the same industry of Thoroughbred horse racing. The third and youngest Porter brother, Jake, damaged, scarred, and haunted by his final tour…

     The original film clip of the Michelangelo Antonioni movie Blow-Up starring Vanessa Redgrave and David Hemmings pictured above. It was a fascinating film full of symbolism and "deeper" meanings. I loved it. It's coarse and vulgar at times but not repeatedly or for shock value. Taking place in London and actually featuring a…

  Many of you who visit here have few regrets. Some of you have had the pleasure and privilege of growing up with Jesus and have preserved and grown in your faith. You're to be commended for that. Not insulted or mocked or snickered at. Commended. I spent 30 of my years in the world. I believed…