Hey, I bet you thought I forgot about my traditional Christmas book shopping suggestions in October for the early get-it-done shoppers. Every book on this list is reviewed here*. Some of these have been out for awhile but merit your attention still. Shall we begin? Let's start with the Thriller genre:                  …

  To King Darius: Cordial greetings.   The king should know that we went to the district of Judah, to the temple of the great God. The people are building it with large stones and placing the timbers in the walls. The work is being carried on with diligence and is making rapid progress under…

  Five Favorites:             Lord, just thank you. May those with God-given talents and gifts know you who gave them what they have. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

                         I have a small stack, depending on your defintion of "small", of novels to read. I have several unread on my Kindle. You'd think I'd be anxious to get into them. You'd think . . . But I'm not. And I'm not sure why. I could speculate, but what's the point?…

                 I love to laugh to the point of hysteria producing tears and a near stomach ache. Not a lot to laugh about lately . . . Give me good directions and I'll drive almost anywhere. I do love to drive. If I could have any house, it would be built by Linwood Custom Homes.…

                              Ask ten people their definition of utopia, and, depending on their belief systems, you're likely to get ten different answers. If you ask a Christian what utopia is, they most likely will say heaven. They might add that mankind isn't going to find it on earth. If prodded – or allowed -…

      Name one week of the season of football where phantom and/or bad calls did not ruin or affect the outcome of a game. One week. And these guys – and fans – had the nerve to question the calls of the replacement refs of last year? For football fans like me, it's…

  Woe to the city of blood,   full of lies, full of plunder,   never without victims! . . . Nothing can heal your wound;   your injury is fatal. Everyone who hears the news about you   claps his hands at your fall, for who has not felt   your endless cruelty?  …

                      This is one of the latest legal projects of the ACLJ. "Defending" the Cross: "An atheist group has filed a lawsuit to have the Ground Zero Cross removed from the 9/11 museum in New York. Their claim? The existence of the Cross has brought on headaches, indigestion, even mental pain. These claims…

                          I can't speak for all writers, but I can surmise that many of us have gone through the inferiority blues when it comes to our manuscripts. We had great intentions, and we wrote that story with fervor. We stepped away from it, and when we returned, we were slammed with the fear…