09/11/01        We will not forget when, who, and why. We will not.                    We remember. We will always remember.   God, please forgive us for what we have become. Please know that the remnant desires your forgiveness and we repent for the goings on, the travesties,…

                          Those of you who know me understand that "rules" must make sense to me before I will observe them. Of course this fact applies primarily to writing. When professionals decided that new writers needed guidelines in order to keep them from submitting manuscripts full of annoying prose, "they" created basic rules…

                          Either you decide to do it or you don't. Either way it's a commitment. As far as skills or hobbies or work goes, you either commit to it or you don't. You might think there's an in-between, but if you're lackadaisical or haphazard with something, you are not committed to it. Most things…

  May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory…

                Five things that make me laugh out loud: Good slapstick comedy (Think Lucille Ball, John Ritter, Carol Burnett) A good joke A clever parody Some exaggerations Great spontaneous wit How 'bout you?   Father, thank you for good hard laughter. It's so freeing to laugh. And thank you for your sense of humor. You'd have…

      The long and short of it is most of us have to wait for a lot of things in life. And we get impatient. At least I do. If you're waiting to be published, you must conclude what kind of wait and what kind of publishing you want. Publishing has a lot…

      You know me. Passionate: right or wrong. But there's more. I need purpose. I need to know there's something I can do. And it isn't just anything. It's not routine. It has to be that certain something where I know it's me who has to do it. It took me 8 and…

     If you intend to write comedic fiction, then you better make it funny. If you intend to write women's fiction, then you better make it dramatically poignant to most women. If you intend to write an espionage thriller, you had better be equipped with valid inside sources. The point here being if you're intending to…

  "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying…

              God, who cannot see you? Men are without excuse. Thank you for beauty amidst all the evil. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.