When I converted our homeschool program to a classical form of study in 2004, we discovered the joy of learning history, theology, and the arts linked together and in chronological order. Not only did it imprint upon us the events …
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Making resolutions is a significant part of my spiritual, personal, and professional growth – my progress as a whole person. This requires deep introspection, complete honesty, and evaluation of past successes and failures. I start the inner prodding in early …
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God is at work in the prisons. His love runs deep for those who are incarcerated. What happens there is near and dear to His heart, so much so that Christ said that assisting prisoners, strangers such as refugees, the …
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This Christmas season I released a novel about the creation, Fallen: A Biblical Story of Good and Evil. In this tale, based upon the early chapters of Genesis, God puts his eternal plan into motion when His Son crafts the …
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God is with us, through every aspect of our lives, using everything to draw us to Himself, to inspire growth, and to make Himself known. Not only in the joyous occasions, but in the terrifying, He is near. All my …
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A long-term health challenge places great stress on a marriage. It won’t be better in a few days. It won’t blow over. It won’t ease up next month, when the deadline is met or the season is over. It will …
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My husband and I married when we were children, ages seventeen and eighteen. Man, oh man, did we make a lot of mistakes! We couldn’t grow fast enough. There were too many personal areas in need of change and maturation. …
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My soon-to-release novel Fallen illustrates the fall of humankind. Sin, sickness, and death came into the world, affecting one and all. My life demonstrates the effect of sin in the world, and so does yours. In sharing this encore post …
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“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” (From “New Colossus” by Emma …
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My upcoming novel Fallen recreates the human story of the beginning. In Eden all was light, love, and harmony. But, through Adam’s disobedience, we now experience sin, suffering, and senseless violence, for we are all now sinners. People pick up …
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