Everyone who knows me understands my over the top love for the POTC series. The first of them was of course the best, so here's a great trailer that touches on every aspect of the wonderful movie. Enjoy!   O Lord. So many need you. "I know whose Blood you need." The Savior's Blood…

  Debra made a good comment the other day when I stated I enjoyed chapter titles. She agreed and mentioned she felt like quotations were always a fun bonus to begin chapters. I'm reading a true crime story by a Las Vegas police detective and he uses amazing quotations to begin his chapters. I'll probably…

                                   Deadly Devotion by Sandra Orchard, published by Revell, is advertised as romantic suspense. I would classify it as a cozy mystery. And since cozy mysteries aren't my particular cup of tea (pun intended for those who will read or have read this story), all I can say is for those readers who enjoy the amateur sleuth…

  Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator – who is forever praised. Amen. Because of this, God gave…

  I've come to the conclusion that I really enjoy chapter titles, not that I prefer them over just numbering the chapters. When an author selects a title that eludes to the content but doesn't give it away until the reader realizes its intent after finishing the chapter, I find that those titles enhance the…

   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…