Award-Winning, Bestselling Christian Author
THERE’S ONE BATTLE I often have to fight when I send a book off to a publisher. It’s not usually a pitched battle – though on one occasion I withdrew my manuscript from a publisher because of it. The trouble starts with my mission: I write books …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from April Duty, a friend of mine. She wins a free book from the choices listed here: What does God have to say to us today concerning tattoos? As far as I can tell in reading the Old Testament law, God agrees …
THE FRIEND I wrote about in Wednesday’s blog post is having heart surgery today. Blocked arteries. I just got a text message from his wife saying they are finishing up the surgery now, and that he’s doing fine and they will know more in about 30 …
ONCE IN A WHILE I go to websites that sell my books and I take a look at what people are saying in their reviews. It’s always a mixed bag. Good stuff. Bad stuff. Happily, the overwhelming majority of reviews are good ones. Of the many books I’ve …
THIS MINUTE a friend of mine is having an angiogram. A doc is threading a catheter up his femoral artery to scout out the heart for any blockage or damage. I visited my friend in the hospital a little while ago and prayed for him just a few minutes …
JOHN MARK is not the brother of Barnabas, despite what I wrote in Who’s Who & Where’s Where in the Bible 2.0. Look on page 264 and you’ll discover my humanity. The feature begins: BROTHER OF BARNABAS, John Mark didn’t finish what he started. If …
LIKE MANY OF YOU I feel a bit helpless these days. In our free society, we can’t always stop the bad guys from doing bad things that hurt us. Nor can we always get the supposedly good guys to do the good things that help us. Are you reading this, …
I HAD LUNCH with my son yesterday. We talked about the Boston Marathon bombing, of course. I asked if he had watched the news and looked at the online photos. He had. He cried. Like many of us. He said one brief scene in a video clip tipped him over. …
I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT. I was still dealing with pushback from yesterday morning’s blog post titled, “Where is God when bullets fly?” and then up pops the news flash: Bomber strikes Boston Marathon. A childhood friend of mine was hoping to run in that …
IT’S THE QUESTION OF THE WEEK. It comes from Erin Drew, who wins a free book for her trouble. The recent tragedy in Connecticut [a shooting that killed 20 children and 6 adults in Sandy Hook Elementary School] brought up this question from my fiancé, …
PRACTICE ON YOUR DOG if, like me, you find it tough to dish out compliments. Or practice on your cat. Or your potted petunia. If you are anything like me, it comes a whole lot more natural to criticize, complain, and pick at people than it does to …
High-profile pastor Rick Warren, author of the best-selling book “The Purpose Driven Life,” lost his 27-year-old son late last week. The young man, Matthew, apparently took his own life. A statement issued by Rev. Warren’s church, Saddleback …
