There are multiple things we like or dislike about the books we read. We have our favorite characters, settings, voices, action, thrills, you-name-it. So my Monday morning question to you is this: What is your favorite thing about the novel you're reading right now or if you're not reading one now, what about the one you just read?…

  "Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord   are on the sinful kingdom. I will destroy it   from the face of the earth – yet I will not totally destroy   the house of Jacob."   "For I will give the command,   and I will shake the house of Israel   among…

      I'm late this Friday, but here are five unusual things I love. The lighter woods such as pine (knotty and otherwise), oak, ash Almost all kinds of Seahawks paraphernalia Sunglasses Certain movie posters – okay, mostly older Johnny Depp movie posters Many, many kinds of architecture You?   Father, you give us so many…

                      Nothing like being late to the reading party, but so many books and so little time. Bombshell by NYTimes Bestselling Author Catherine Coulter, published by Penguin in 2013, is my first experience with Catherine's novels. Her prolific 70+ novels began with historical romances but she expanded her repertoire to suspense. Her latest is Nemesis. FBI Special…

  Ahh, the rustic kitchen. You like? I do, but, granted, it needs a certain kind of home to go with it.   Lord, always something for everyone. I cannot imagine the beauty of heaven. Thank you for it all. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

    Ah, can't get enough of them . . . One more scheduled for 2016.   Lord, rescue. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

         Cold As Ice by M.K. Gilroy has been provided for review by the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance (CFBA). M.K. (Mark) Gilroy has been in many facets of publishing for a long time. His successful debut novel Cuts Like A Knife introduces us to the heroine of his third novel in the series Cold As…

You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.   Galatians 4:13 (NIV)

  There are those moments or pieces or concepts or characters that just don't work in a story. Generally speaking, those things we identify as a problem for us might not even cause a brief ripple in another's reading time. How many times have you loved a novel and would've given it 4 or 5…

                Major fires rage across eastern Washington and Idaho and into western Montana. The weather is hot and there are winds. The fires have jumped rivers. Homes, ranches, businesses have been consumed. Firefighters have died. People have lost everything. Animals have died. In excess of 400,000 acres have burned. Other countries have been summoned for…