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I wonder what century Brooks Rehab in Jacksonville is in? They seem not to understand the value of Christian TV programming in the rooms of Christian patients. Christian content soothes the patient after a day of sometimes painful therapy. It speeds in the healing process. For the deeply devout patient it touches a place nothing …

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    God looks down and snorts a  laugh at Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and that demoniac Jack Dorsey. ~ This Passion week, as I lay for six days in a hospital bed recovering from neurosurgery, I watched the TBN Christian Television almost constantly. Hour of Power came on, founded by the late Robert A. …

Continue reading God ~ writes code

I swear to you on my mother's life, it has absolutely nothing to do with another woman."Dimitri's mother was precious to him. For him to make that assertion was startling. I took a breath. "I didn't think it did. I think it's related to something in the last murder investigation. That Pentagon weapons designer was our prime suspect. Then his assassination was quickly hushed up. It was like he'd never come to town. You and Mackey both disappeared for two days. Then you came back, and both of you acted as if nothing had happened."

  Advance readers say they couldn’t figure out who-dun-it… Release Date: March 6! LAST DAYS in a nutshell… A spry elderly woman has died mysteriously in a Florida coastal town, and the head of a clandestine organization in Washington D.C is interested in the case. All evidence, or lack thereof, points to accidental death, but …

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LAST DAYS ~ In a nutshell… A spry elderly woman has died mysteriously in a Florida coastal town, and the head of a clandestine organization in Washington D.C is interested in the case. All evidence, or lack thereof, points to accidental death, but Detective Katerina “Kat” Andruko has nagging doubts. She also has doubts about …

Continue reading LAST DAYS, New Release ~ in nutshell capsule & read First Chapter.

    Raise up your faith level… This winter more than half the USA is in a deep freeze. Temperatures in many of the fifty states are in double digests below zero. This brought to mind an illustration about faith I’d heard Pastor George Pearsons of Eagle Mountain International Church give. He said that you …

Continue reading Set Your Faith Thermostat ~ higher

Not Who ‘dun it, but what is it? Mystery Fiction and Crime Fiction are often lumped together as if they are part of one fiction genre. I believe they are their own separate genres (for clarity sake). Further complicating things, today’s mystery and crime fiction works overlap and often slip-and-slide into each other. Then within …

Continue reading Genre Confusion ~ in mystery fiction and crime fiction

God’s Word has an answer for every problem you have… The Apostle Paul knew about snakebite. First, the primitive tribal people of Malta thought he was a murderer and worthy of death by snakebite. Then when he shook the offending snake off and lived, they wanted to worship him. That’s the fickle nature of humanity. …

Continue reading Snakebite to the Soul ~ and the anti-venom

Women’s Christian Fiction, Romance… Cady Jackson and her cousin Ashley are on vacation in Yellowstone National Park. Cady and Ashley grew up in a strict Christian family that owns a farm in upstate New York. All Cady wants is to enjoy a week in the gorgeous national park when she encounters a grisly bear, twists …

Continue reading Desire of the Heart (Yellowstone Series, Book 1) by Anne Perreault ~ a review

Pondering: small as a lifestyle… In my widowhood, after I had moved to northeast coastal Florida with Sophie the Wonder Dog and my mischievous cats, I rented a small, two-bedroom house while I searched for a permanent place. Then I found a two bedroom condo I’m extremely fond of where I’m truly blessed and happy. …

Continue reading Living Small is beautiful ~ in its own way