Though I had heard of author Robin Patchen years ago, this is the first time I have read any of her books. When I saw her book listed for a blog tour, I jumped at the opportunity. I was surprised to receive not just one, but all the books in […]
Finding God through the fires of life This ain’t my first rodeo book, yet I don’t remember ever seeing a bond between the livestock and their owners like the one Knox and his bulls have. Is there such a thing as a bull-whisperer? The care and concern he had, not […]
I think my dad would say that the only thing our dogs were trained to do was to escape from our yard. . . Growing up we had a Miniature Poodle, Rascal, who was a gift from my aunt when I was around seven. We girls thought he was the […]
What Simon and Fern thought was going to be an intense survival adventure turned a bit terrifying as they began to wonder if the TV director might be out for something more than simply an exciting show. Rarity Mountain was a different type of suspense from the first two in […]
Years ago, I read The Oath by Frank Peretti. Now before you scoff in disbelief that I would have even looked at the cover without running away in terror, I had read This Present Darkness and Piercing the Darkness and found them to be fascinating. For those who aren’t familiar […]
My father loved to tell us “There are two kinds of people in the world. . .” Usually, that would be completed with something like “the quick and the hungry”. Which is actually humorous coming from this kind man who is not selfish in that way at all. Reality is, […]
I remember a particular time I flew out to visit my sister and her family. While I was there, I took one of my teenage nephews out to lunch. He is very shy and had mentioned to his mom that he was afraid he wouldn’t know what to talk about. […]
It pleases God when we don’t ignore those in need. There are so many scriptures that speak of this. One of the scriptures which speaks of this that stands out in my mind is Isaiah 58. Here God proclaims the kind of fast that pleases Him. It has nothing to […]
The four stories in this collection are all very different from each other. Starting with intense suspense set in Alaska, moving to a bookstore in a small town in New York, then to a dyslexic dress designer in Minnesota, and finally, to a small town somewhere in the Midwest with […]
I confess that there are some things in my past that I would like to forget. Just wipe them out and pretend they never happened. And there are things in my life that are delightful that I love to pull out of my memories and mull over. There is a […]