When wickedness comes, so does contempt, and with shame comes disgrace. Proverbs 18:3   It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the innocent of justice. Proverbs 18:5

             Tunnels. Bound on both sides and on top. Through something. A chosen pathway. Unnatural lighting. Restricted. If you want a biological definition of an actual term used to describe a real type of vision, you can look here. I refer to the type of focus a writer might use when involved in the construction of…

                    We've all asked the simple question. Why did this have to happen? Why did he do this? Why does she have to be so stubborn? Why can't I stand them? Why can't some good things happen once in a while? Many times we ask without expecting a concrete answer. Other times we ask wishing…

                             Presenting a good romance, the CFBA Tour offers Until I Found You by Victoria Bylin, published by Bethany House. Kate Darby is a Los Angeles advertising/marketing designer who needs a leave of absence from the firm where she works to take care of her beloved grandmother Leona Darby who's recovering from a stroke. Leona is a widow…

                                   The Making of Isaac Hunt by Linda Leigh Hargrove, a joint imprint of Institute for Black Family Development and Moody Publishers (copyright 2007), is a fascinating story about a young black man with light skin and blue eyes who discovers a startling revelation from his granddaddy on his death bed. Except that nothing is…

                      Dear God, thank you for heroes. Thank you for their sacrifices to keep this nation One Nation Under God. I pray their sacrifices would serve as a reminder of how much freedom and liberty cost. And, Jesus, you gave the greatest sacrifice of all for every person ever created. We…

  Then Jesus told him [Thomas], "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed  are those who have not seen and yet have believed."   John 20:29 (NIV)

   The eye reacts to images, translates and formulates a definition, an impression, and finally a response which might involve all the senses. When you saw this image, what did you think first? Did you react to the beauty or the science? Emotional or practical response? Spiritual reminder? Are you aware of the first sounds of your…

                One of the fascinating things about writing and reading fiction is noting the reactions of other writers to what they're reading as compared to those readers who don't write. Make no mistake, writers have their favorite authors, and those favorites can be comprised of all different kinds of voices and styles or strict adherence…

                          Some readers want their stories short and simple. Others want them long and complex. Still others prefer a combination of these elements. Such as a novel of 100K words instead of 80K. Such as a novel with well-developed characters but without too much detail of their lives. Such as a novel with a fairly…