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We often get in discussions with fellow readers over certain aspects of the novels we read and write. If we're the author of the object of conversation, we're kind of suspect in our responses because of course we're prejudiced on our behalf. We like our novels and want to defend them. We want the…
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You know me. Passionate: right or wrong. All in or not at all. I cry easily. At commercials. In movies. Over television scenes or episodes. Book incidents and endings. Memories. Instrumentals. Lyrics. Almost always anything concerning animals. But I also cry hard when I fail the Lord – and that's not always definable to…
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From yesterday's post: "Philippians 4:8 addresses the need to focus our thoughts on wise (godly) principles to preclude our actions with others and in general. To reel in those errant thoughts that lead to conflict and argument, emphasis on the flesh and world, and dependence on oneself instead of on what God provides spiritually,…
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What is story? Short, long, novella, novel, epic, saga. Simply stated all stories depict situations with characters, human and otherwise, experiencing something. The present, the past, the future, the imagined. Structurally, there's a beginning, middle, and end, none of which must be definitive and rigid but must simply create a continuity for whoever the…
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DiAnn Mills is a prolific bestselling author. You don't get to be either of those things without having a solid and abundant audience. The Chase is my first Mills' novel, and in reading this romantic suspense, not heavy on the romance, I can understand why she has steady readers. Reviewed here for…
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Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world – the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does – comes not from the…
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From the ACLJ: Earlier today, Jay and I spent most of Jay Sekulow Live! discussing ObamaCare’s new $1 abortion surcharge. It struck us during the conversation that the bureaucratic and legal complexities of ObamaCare were making the issue difficult to understand. So here’s how you can understand the controversy in three easy steps. Step…
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What comes to mind? A castle? A bunker? A fortress? A citadel? Probably not the bastion of the mind. The place where we hide things we can't face. Or the place where we deposit painful experiences because we know the protection sustains those things not easily accessed. Some are constructed hastily. In the moment.…
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Guilt, real or perceived, eats us up from the inside out. If we choose to set it aside, attempt to ignore it, compartmentalize it, or blow it off, bad things happen. Maybe not right away. And maybe not to the point where some of us truly recognize the damage, but that collision of…
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Whether or not you like the black birds, they demonstrate multiple antics which both amaze and repulse different people. Often viewed as more intelligent than the average bird, their quirky personalities and squawking calls have entertained and annoyed, depending on one's feelings for the symbolic creatures. In the background of this short video which…
