Jack LaFountain

“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value.”  Thomas Paine   I find counting...

“The end of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright…”  John Milton ~ On Education   Much is...

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,   According as his divine power hath given...

And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man… And Nathan said to David, Thou  art  the man… 2 Samuel 12   God revealed to Nathan...

For all the law is fulfilled in one word,  even  in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. But if ye bite and devour one...

As a writer seeking inspiration my first stop is generally at Conjunction Junction to pick up an “if”. What if the dog is barking at the...

"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." Ernest Hemingway   Several years ago, when I was really...

And as he is, who unwills what he willed, And by new thoughts doth his intention change So that from his design he quite withdraws, Such...

The odometer in my car tells me that I have driven thousands of miles in the last six weeks or so. My tired body confirms it. When I’m...

“What is a writer of fiction but a liar with a license.”  Joanne Harris   Now and then I run across Facebook posts asking people to...

One of the first blog posts I wrote for House of Honor Books was about why I write. Nothing has changed since. I’m still breathing, so...

“Thank you for your service.”   I have always had a problem with that particular phrase being tossed my way. I will say up front the...

“Here’s looking at you, kid.”   Over the course of the last month, I’ve heard multiple people refer to television as “the one-eyed...

I received a message today inviting me to apply for a job helping teach an AI program how to write. It’s all very cutting edge and told...

I never once in my early life dreamed that I would have fans. Guys like me don’t have fans and sign things for people they don’t know....

Luke 10:25-28   And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said...

“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.’”  Ronald Reagan   I write...

And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;  ~...

The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant...

Writing a blog is a presumptuous act. The writer assumes he has something to say that another person might want to read. Likewise, it...