A little off the beaten path of Christmas Carols but with such great lyrics. Hope you enjoy it.  Never enough thanks, Jesus, for your coming to earth to save us from Satan's power. In the Name of Jesus, Amen. 

Back at the shopping for novels. Let's face it. The most convenient way to shop for them is through Amazon or directly through the author if they have their bookselling business on their websites. Another female protagonist I must mention is Candace Irving's Kate Holland in the Hidden Valor Series with her K-9 Ruger. Exceptional,…

       In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register.       So Joseph also went up from the town…

Okay. Some of you are done Christmas shopping and others of you can't even think about it right now. Many of you are somewhere in between.  Well, this year I didn't do my "Christmas shopping in July" feature so we shall do our novel suggestions beginning today. For your readers of fiction, here we go.…

My solo mystery with a thread of romance. Christmas is coming . . .  Race is the only novel of mine that is available in print, e-book, and audio.  Lord, you helped me get this one done after "suggesting" it to me for a long time before I attempted to get it written. Apart from…

                        Where are you headed? Where is life taking you? Do you have a direction? Or are you meandering until the road leads you where you need to go?  We all realize at some point that life is a journey. We're either constantly wandering…

      Guide us to thy perfect light! Jesus came to earth to be the Savior of the world. It required His sinless sacrifice. He took yours and my sins to that brutal cross of death. Then He rose again, cleansed, having taken our punishment. It killed Him. Without Him, it will kill us…

Those who read novels generally have a favorite author or authors. For me, I have favorite genre authors, and I usually can't name just one in the genre. However, many readers do have favorites that they can readily name. So my question to them is this: IF you could ask your favorite author a specific…

  “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” Micah 5:2 (NIV)

Knight Brew by Heather Day Gilbert is Book 9 in the Barks & Beans Cafe Cozy Mystery Series.  Macy and her brother Bo have the Barks & Beans tent up at the Renaissance Faire with coffee sales booming. But there are other mini-explosions happening with their baristas, and Macy and Bo aren't sure how to…