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  • Could . . .

      I could review The Great Gatsby since I finally read it, but it would be pointless really. So many opinions and reviews over all the years since it’s been written. I don’t know what it is about F. Scott Fitzgerald that I like, but I do. Plain and simple: I just do.   Here’s…

  • Non-influential.

      Okay. Facebook friends have been passing around their top 15 authors who most influenced them and/or their writing. Frank Peretti was my first thought. Reading Frank is like watching a movie. Tim George called his list eclectic, and I agreed that was a suitable word for mine as well. Citing Flaubert, Dostoevsky, F. Scott…

  • Oh . . . in between.

      In between the place you are and the place you hope to get . . . Not always a great place to be.   Waiting on progress and facing a question mark.   Disappointment looms. Discouragement tempts. Indecision threatens.   The in between stands like a sentry. Forbidding passage.   God is there. Here.…

  • Sunday’s Offerings

      Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the word of his servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God. But now, all you who light fires and provide yourselves with flaming torches, go, walk in the light…

  • VOTE

      If you haven't already: VOTE.    For:  Freedom Life Our warriors who protect this nation Our Amendment rights America   Against:   Tyranny Socialism, Communism, Marxism/Big Government Abortion Suppressing the Military Welfare in all its unjustified forms Obamacare Injustice Gun Control Prejudicial Suppression of Freedom of Speech Prejudicial Suppression of Freedom of Religion  …

  • Christmas in October II (And finally . . . )

      Friends, most of you know I detest self-promotion, so for this final gift suggestion I’ve decided to ask you to pray about the possibility of giving The Famous One to those relatives and/or friends who might somehow benefit from or be blessed to read Joey Parr’s story. Most of you know this novel is…

  • Christmas in October II (Part Two)

      Vince Flynn Novels   Vince Flynn gets a category all his own. For readers who love political thrillers and are true patriots. You can now start the uninitiated readers with American Assassin which is a prequel to all of the Mitch Rapp stories. But if you want to read them in the order they…

  • Bittersweet enjoyment in . . . A Season of Miracles

                   I’m a firm believer in enjoying a film just for the sake of it or reading a novel for the pure feel-good experience. A Season of Miracles by Rusty Whitener, published by Kregel Publications, and featured in this week’s CFBA Tour delivers that experience in spades. Looking back to the glory days of a…

  • Christmas in October II (Part One)

      Okay. I know. Some of you gasp at this, but, hey, some people actually do shop early and why not give them some book ideas because most of us here all love books, and we might be surprised at who else would appreciate receiving them as gifts.   Since I so rarely read non-fiction,…

  • The Release from Perfection . . .

      You know the authors who make you feel small? Not because of anything they did to you personally but because you can’t keep your jaw in place or your laughter silenced or your tears from running down your face after reading their work. Grant you there may not be many of them, but when…