Earlier I told you I've been enjoying the first year of the TV series Elementary. Now some of you will shake your heads at me wondering how it is that this is the first year I've viewed any of the Castle episodes, but it's true. After all, the series features a male mystery writer…

                                      There's nothing quite like being a blessing to someone else. So many times others do things for us, give things to us, are there for us. When we can reciprocate, be there, provide for someone else's need(s), it's the true blessing. Thank you, Lord God, for allowing me to bless others.…

                              And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring your good…

  There were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ. This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found…

                 You're for abortion, but you're sad that those children at Sandy Hook were executed by a young man with a gun. Each one of those precious little souls began in the womb. They were nurtured by their mothers as they formed from conception. Their mothers wanted them to live. They came into the…

                                       Let's try visiting here once again. Perhaps I'll be there this time.   Father, we need your blessing on our endeavors. Otherwise what we do has no merit. Please help us to be honorable and faithful in all we do. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

                                LOVE: Christmas trees Christmas lights Christmas hymns/carols Jesus is the reason for the season.   DO NOT LIKE: Christmas novels Christmas TV specials Christmas movies Santa Claus emphasis   Jesus, you are the reason for the season. You're what makes it all worth it. I love you.

    The desire to attach a human definition to Love is rampant. As if humans can even remotely understand it. As if humanity can truly attain such an ethereal definition. Christians adhere to the biblical definition of love. Simply stated in 1 John 4:16: God is love. That single scripture opens up such a…

  The days of the blameless are known to the Lord, and their inheritance will endure forever. In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.   But the wicked will perish: The Lord's enemies will be like the beauty of the fields, they will vanish – vanish…

  Thank you Jessica Thomas. I did this a few months ago thanks to Karin Kaufman. Not a lot has changed since then, but sometimes I'm a good sport. Sometimes. So here goes. "The Next Big Thing" 1. What is the title of your next book/work? Let me just say titles are super important to me.…