I now believe that when something happens that brings indescribable pain, it is essential to stop feeling for a time in order to survive....

As another election year threatens, it's good to be reminded that we don't have to sink to the lowest common denominator to be effective....

https://mail.aol.com/d/search/keyword=lutheran/messages/ANTmZhIjQalcZZsaAwQqaPIKmIk When I lived in Southern California I had the...

For those who wonder why we still have our Christmas decorations up, today, January 6th, is the Feast of Epiphany celebrated by...

It had been an excruciating week. The weather was foul, his congregation extra needy, and he felt a bout of ague coming on. Such things...

“Prayer is not bringing your list and asking God to sign on the bottom. Prayer is handing God a blank sheet that you have already signed...

The reminder of St. Nicholas’ Day in the first week of Advent turns my thoughts to the life of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra. A fourth century...

As the days race by, they blur and blend into a montage of fuzzy feeling punctuated by a few memorable moments. We don’t always notice...

The book of Jonah ends with Jonah sitting under a dead gourd, pouting, while God explains his sovereignty and kind of asks Jonah where he...

These beautiful astors from Newark Park in the Cotswolds are called Michaelmas Daisies because they bloom late September and early...

The wonders of God's creation are astounding. There is such contrast, beauty, and power in nature that sometimes we focus solely on the...

My friend, Sophia Hansen has this great new book out and if the cover is anything to go by, I can't wait to read it! As you can see from...

The Essence of Summer, What could possibly say summer better than ripe, juicy peaches brimming with flavor and bursting with distilled...

The concept of arranged marriages is often denigrated in the romance genre, but even modern statistics prove that they can work as well...

Along with about 7or 800 other writers I participated in the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writer's Conference this past week and learned...

For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. 2 Corinthians 2:15 Sense of...

Researching for a story is fascinating. Traveling to England to research my next Regency Historical novel was brilliant beyond belief! In...

Not many things delight me more than making something beautiful out of discards, be they bottles, driftwood, wire, or even people. We...

Imagine just for a moment driving through a South Carolina peach orchard and capturing this image in the mirror. It's obviously a...

WRITTEN IN THE SAND Written in the sand or written in sand? What’s the difference? Both are, elusive, ephemeral easily erased by erosion,...