Growing up in Southern California, my family spent many weekends camping in the desert, though we were usually further South than Death Valley. I love the way Dana Mentink captured the beauty of this land which is often described with words like “barren” and “lifeless” in her thrilling suspense tale, […]
At one of the companies I worked for, the guys loved to play practical jokes on each other. The one-upmanship was intense at times but always done in fun. I had never set out to partake in the fun – even after becoming a “victim” of their attention. One of […]
Is it possible for a person to truly change? Can vengeance right a wrong? Author Lindsay A. Franklin investigates the answers to these questions in this fascinating conclusion to The Weaver Trilogy. I have really enjoyed following Tannie’s adventures through this series. As the scope of her adventure expands, so […]
Intrigue. Spies. Mercenaries. Vengeance. Like Flames in the Night is an amazing story that kept me thrilled from the opening sentence to the final period. As Tirzah followed her calling from God and infiltrated the house of the Aramean commander in Shechem to spy out his secrets, I was fascinated. […]
I really liked Vigilant, the first book of the Night Guardians series and A Taste of Heaven by Sara Davison, so I was prepared to enjoy Guarded as well. I just didn’t realize how very much I would enjoy it! Warning, if you plan to read Vigilant, don’t read further […]
“You know what the three most exciting sounds in the world are? Anchor chains, plane motors & train whistles” George Bailey, It’s a Wonderful Life My favorite sounds are a little different than George’s. Children’s giggles, bird song, worship music. You probably have yet another list of favorites. How many people […]
“Enola Gay. Hmm. Enola Gay.” As I walked past the historic plane, I was wracking my brain trying to remember where I had heard the name. The moment I remembered, I froze. The plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. I stopped in my tracks and looked again, […]
I have seen personally the devastation that can result from a fire. What can start as just a little spark can rage out of control and decimate everything in its path. In the book of James, a tongue that gets out of control is described to be like a fire, […]
by Robin Caroll Published by Gilead Publishing Genres: Christian Fiction, Mystery As I reached my hand forward to insert my key and open the garage door, I suppressed a scream! Right above the keyhole, dangling over the wood that framed the garage door was a huge Colombian Red-Tailed Boa! I […]
Spiritual conversations. Sharing your testimony. Witnessing. Fulfilling the Great Commission. We have many different ways of labeling the act of telling others about the sacrifice that Jesus made for us on the cross. Then there are all the various “techniques” that we have to do this. Evangelism Explosion. The Romans Road. […]
As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” John 9:1-2 This is the chapter of John that my husband and I read on the day I started More Than Meets […]
Bounty Hunter. For me, the term evokes an image of an ugly cowboy dressed in black with leathery skin and a scowl on his face. And a skinny cigarette dangling from his lips. Looking rather like Jack Elam, or Eli Wallach. With that creepy, twangy Western music score (probably written in […]