She thought about how it was so simple with animals. They gave their hearts without question or fear. They had no expectations. They were so easy to love. If people could only be like that, no one would ever be hurt, she thought. No one would ever need to learn how to forgive.

Model the qualities that you want your children to show to each other.

God's ways and His will come in His own perfect time.

God uses the flawed, the failures, and the imperfect to accomplish His perfect will.

It is the job of the novelist to touch the reader.

Obedience is a foundational stepping-stone on the path of God’s will.

I have to know the killer, the victim and the motive when I begin. Then I start to create the characters and see how the novel takes shape based on what these people are like.