I don't envy authors adhering to deadlines. Having to make words come to life when our brains shriek "I'm done!" When creativity lies sleeping and the "Do Not Disturb" sign is posted on the doorknob of our mind. How can you write when you can't think of anything to say? A story needs…

  It's "Rango"!   "Head"line Oxy-moron:   Doctors say: The clot is in her head.   The United States will go over the "fiscal cliff".   God, only you can save us. Only you. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.    

                      Are you goal-oriented? Resolution prone? Does making a list of hopeful accomplishments help you to achieve them? I'm not. Days melt away to nights. Each day inspires or decays objectives. I do need purpose, but if I set a goal, it means there's an automatic time stamp on getting it done. Maybe…

  The Lord delights in the way of man whose steps he has made firm; though he stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.   I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. They are always…

        A common problem for writers and readers is the back up of books to be read. I'm so there right now. December was a very slow month for me. I dragged myself through one novel and now have several tapping at my subconscious reminding me that reviews are due in January. Usually…

  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…