So…whaddaya think? I’ll tell you why I like it. It’s hand-painted and hand-lettered (by one of Tyndale’s fabulous designers), so that brings in the art aspect. This optical illusion—the faces and/or chalice—is one that’s featured in the book. (But you’ll have to wait until then to read the whole story behind it.) The image depicts...

Sorry for the silence the last couple of weeks. My RSS feed (an information stream created by my blog) was broken—something so abstract and technological that I was thoroughly stumped until I finally found someone to help. But it [seems to] be fixed again. Yea! Since no emails went out, I thought I’d point you...

All day, I’ve noticed the left arm of my desk chair appears to be sticky. I keep rolling back a couple inches to get a better look at it. Touching it, gingerly, assuring myself that it is not my imagination. Wondering what caused it. Testing it to see if it’s still sticky. I ate a...

All day, I’ve noticed the left arm of my desk chair appears to be sticky. I keep rolling back a couple inches to get a better look at it. Touching it, gingerly, assuring myself that it is not my imagination. Wondering what caused it. Testing it to see if it’s still sticky. I ate a...

I’ve been attending writing conferences for years. I subscribe to Writer’s Digest. I read blogs by writers and publishers, and I pay attention. Yet there’s so much I didn’t know. Here are just a few of my discoveries as I’m walking this path towards being published… Why authors thank their editors so effusively. I always...

I’ve been attending writing conferences for years. I subscribe to Writer’s Digest. I read blogs by writers and publishers, and I pay attention. Yet there’s so much I didn’t know. Here are just a few of my discoveries as I’m walking this path towards being published… Why authors thank their editors so effusively. I always...

Why do YOU pray? What is it that keeps you coming back? How do you go on when you don’t feel as though your prayers are being answered? (This is also posted today at the Internet Café. I’d love to have you discuss this here, but feel free to join in the conversation over there...

I’ve been busy editing some of the final chapters of my book and planning my next one, so I haven’t written many words lately. But I have been reading… Here are just a few things that got me thinking. Thought I’d share and see if they did the same for you. If you come across...

I’ve been busy editing some of the final chapters of my book and planning my next one, so I haven’t written many words lately. But I have been reading… Here are just a few things that got me thinking. Thought I’d share and see if they did the same for you. If you come across...

you seem so far away from me today. just out of reach. or maybe i’m the one who’s out of reach. out of touch. what it is in me that makes you so hard to see? i need new eyes, spiritual eyeballs that look past the bills that need paying and the car that needs...