Highly recommend this post by Katherine Coble before or after perusing this year's nominees.                                Contemporary Romance The Breath of Dawn* by Kristen Heitzmann (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group) Lethal Legacy by Irene Hannon (Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group) Wildflowers from Winter by Katie Ganshert (WaterBrook Multnomah…

                              Recently I had the incredible – but shocking – pleasure of being re-introduced to my far away past through the gracious and benevolent comments left on this blog and a trio of follow up emails. This individual sent me scans of three postcards mailed to him from London and Europe, circa…

                           (Originally posted as "The life and death of . . . Iscariot" on April 21, 2013.) If you've read Demon . . . a memoir, and/or Havah, The Story of Eve, and now Iscariot: A Novel of Judas, you have learned that Tosca Lee is no amateur in scholarly research and an over-achiever when it comes…

  Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance? Who has understood the Spirit of the Lord.…

                              As a politically conservative Christian, you can no doubt figure out how I respond to the secular humanist hoax-ified claims of man-made climate change. But, as I considered this expression, I realized that, yes, the climate change argument can indeed be made that man is responsible for its cause. However, this…

  For review and coming soon . . .                                                          To name a few . . .   Father, thank you for these talented artists. I pray your blessing over them for all they do to further your kingdom in their own unique ways. In the Name of Jesus,…

  Asked by Athol Dickson in response to a George Orwell quote. Your answer?                 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Athol-Dickson/416622918355206?ref=ts&fref=ts#!/photo.php?fbid=628114457206050&set=a.452773491406815.128385.416622918355206&type=1&theater   Father, we need to be set free by the truth in order to write it. Help us to always look to you for reality. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

  Personal because we wrote them. Who are your favorite characters that you've created?              No question Joey Parr of The Famous One is perhaps my favorite of my many creations. I loved him.                              And Michael Jamison. But I also especially liked a dead character in Breath of Life who silently played…

          So. Summer is a ways away – especially for those of us who are climate-challenged this spring. Nevertheless, summer reading is often casually referred to as "beach reads" and tends to give liberties to guilty pleasures in the novel department. Do you indulge guilty pleasures in the sunshine and warm temperatures? A…

  You who are far away, hear what I have done: you who are near, acknowedge my power! The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling grips the godless: "Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?" He who walks righteously and speaks what is right, who…