“When I was seventeen it was a very good year…” the lyrics were originally written by Ervin Drake for the Kingston Trio, but it’s...

“Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.  1 Corinthians:16:13 (NKJV) Faith in Jesus Christ is simple in theory. That is, it...

“To fail to plan is to plan to fail.”   I’m a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of guy, always have been. That’s not to say I’m...

I was watching a baseball game, and saw that Major League Baseball is going to play around with automated balls and strikes and allowing...

“ As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord,  so  walk ye in him: ” Colossians 2:6   It seems I am constantly bombarded by...

Authors who dare to share their books in a post on Facebook are familiar with the barrage of congratulatory responses and glows praise...

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as  it is  in heaven.   Have you ever prayed this line from the example Jesus shared? As the...

Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world. – Jeanette Winterson   The best thing about...

A double minded man  is  unstable in all his ways.  James 1:8   A man may not be able to serve two masters, but he is able to mentally...

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.   2 Timothy 2:15  ...

If caps lock is the bane of your existence, you might be a writer.   I was around for the advent of texting. Before that time most people...

And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying,...

Growing old is a blessing, a somewhat mixed blessing, but a blessing, nonetheless. It may sound strange but growing old seems to happen...

The exhortation to “write what you know” requires a writer to do two things. Some creative thinking and a lot of research. From across...

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.   James 4:17   A comedian used to tell a story about how,...

In a medieval fable, a group of mice plagued by a cat get together to discuss a solution to their problem. One of them puts forward the...

For in him (Christ) dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.   And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality...

A good thing about being a writer and retired is that I rarely deal with deadlines. I don’t like deadlines. All the flip-flopping back...

And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.   It seems almost nonsensical in its simplicity that there can be no...

The preacher is a stock character in modern literature. His depiction varies little from author to author. You know him. He’s the...