If you've ever had the pleasure of meeting Steven James, it would be difficult for you to imagine him writing the stories in the Patrick Bowers Series/Files. Certainly not because of the complex plots, after all he's a Master Storyteller, and his intelligence does not go unnoticed in conversations with him. He's tall with a slender build, athletic, good looking, wears…

  A corrupt witness mocks at justice,    and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.   Proverbs 19:28 (NIV)

  Happy Valentine's Day from the One who loves you most: God Is Love.

  The Mentalist will air its final episode next Wednesday. The series has been through radical change in its last few seasons and survived. As with all good series, there comes a time when there's no new direction it can go, and actors, writers, directors, and producers finally arrive at the place to conclude the…

      We've been told by Solomon, "There's nothing new under the sun." He was right those thousands of years ago, and his wise words still stand today. Now this fact makes it difficult to ponder telling a story which can be labeled "unique", "unusual", or even "imaginative". But it doesn't stop storytellers from trying. And…

           A book, you say? A novel? Okay then. You wish to enter the world of fiction where the words on the page speak of truth but portray it in unique ways. Here are a few things you might prepare to experience: Novelists write in all kinds of ways. Some of them will tell you what's best…

   When the sky is dark, it reflects humanity. Stained with darkness. Until we see the Light. If we see the right light. So many times in life, we do wrong things, think wrong things, want wrong things, and get wrong things. Who's to say what's "wrong", so many ask. And for the bulk of…

  Can a corrupt throne be allied with you –    one that brings on misery by its decrees? They band together against the righteous    and condemn the innocent to death. But the Lord has become my fortress,    and my God the rock in whom I take refuge. He will repay them for…

                        I'm not a big fan of change. However, when change is necessary for a worthwhile reason, I'm there. In writing we don't always change, but we adapt, evolve, restart, refine, experiment, and sometimes take chances with our work. We try to develop a keener view of our efforts, working on improvement. Sometimes it works for us.…

  I'm lousy at waiting. Terrible. Miserable. Frustrated. Sad. Mad. Not likin' it. Which is precisely why I'm forced to experience it at all levels by the One who desires to make me a better person. What a challenge for a mighty God. So. I'm waiting for the creative fervor to return, but common sense…