As most of you know, I read reviews after I read the book, if at all. I don't want anyone's opinion or treatment of a novel to influence me. I want each story to be a fresh experience. However, when I have strong feelings after reading a book, good or bad, I'll take a…

                           You know it's a good book when . . . you can't wait to get into it again but you stall because you don't want it to end.  Published by Tyndale Fiction, Bridge To Haven by Francine Rivers is another huge success to add to her long list of exquisite stories. This one lands…

    The Lord is slow to anger and great in power;   he will not leave the guilty unpunished.   Nahum: 1:3 (NIV)

                   Need. Physical, emotional, spiritual. Pain, pain, and pain. At times need shows up in a vast array of pain. We've all had our share, some much more than others. And we do experience all kinds. Some would be quick to denounce "spiritual" pain, but those of us who know Jesus do not dispute there can…

  When your mind rambles, does it journey to what could've been? What should've been? What wonder and blessings you've acquired along life's path? What foolishness or harm you've managed to allow? What regrets you possess? What accomplishments await you? The fears you've conquered? The faith you've gained? The love you've experienced? The sorrows you've…

  The television season finales more often than not use the cliffhanger device to end their episodes. What I really don't appreciate about this method is not just having to wait approximately five months to have the messy issue resolved, although that's irritating enough, it's the inevitable near-death experience of a major character who's not leaving the…

    In the world of writing there are multiple items that can make us weary. There are just as many in the world of reading. We've talked about predictability, formulaic prose, weak or cardboard characters, the overuse of clichés, and the annoying total adherence to the "rules of writing". From the writing standpoint, after a…

  Prolific author Brandilyn Collins has opted to go the independent/self/custom publishing route at present, but you won't see any significant change in quality of writing or product in her choice. Sidetracked is vintage Brandilyn Collins' trademark Seatbelt Suspense, creative and twisted with minimal gore and plenty of "What's going on?!" moments. "Delanie Miller" is…

    Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us so that you may be zealous for them. It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always and not just when I am with you.…

  This picutre provides a perfect visual for our earth bound by the dirty chains of sin. It reminds me of the diminishing pockets of innocence and how difficult it is today to allow children to remain untouched and unscathed by the growing and brazen onslaught of sin. Parents who must send their kids to public school receive…