Five things that make me smile: My morning Coca Cola Christmas Carols New shoes A good novel Sunshine   God, you've given me so much. I should smile 24/7. I try to smile often. Thank you, Lord, for a blessed life. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

                       Ah, the love-hate relationship with the adverb. Personally, I enjoy them. Used in the right places, they enhance not detract. Used in the wrong places, like any other type of word, they annoy. To single out a word form to use as an absolute no-no seems ridiculous to me. Fiction is creative writing.…

                                      Christmas is a big deal at our house. We love it. Therefore it's a process to decorate the house. So I congratulate all of you who've managed to deck your halls already, but my house is a disaster right now with all kinds of lights and decorations strewn in rooms and…

                  Yes, "it's" a baby. Sixteen (16) weeks old. Legal to murder in the USA. And when you want to use the rape argument to preserve killing children inside the womb, my beloved grandmother was the result of a rape. Her mother was just 15 years old when her sister's husband raped her.…

  If you read a steady diet of general market fiction, you're probably familiar with generous portions of worldly philosophies associated with secular humanism. We know there are Christian authors who write for the general market, some who've chosen this career path from the beginning and experienced success. Other authors started their pubishing careers in…

  A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found. But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace.   The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them; but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows…

                                             Five favorite scriptures: Acts 1:8 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life.…

    As human beings we are born into sin. We all have that in common. It has been contended via discussions and in fiction that we are all capable of heinous deeds given the wrong circumstances and temptations. I do agree that we can be pushed to far places beyond where we'd like to…

        Since when did the "new normal" replace The American Dream? Since learning institutions have tried to peddle the lies about the beauty of realizing The American Dream? Denouncing it, defiling it, denying its significance? Here's what The American Dream means to me. It means that if you're an American, you're equal to…