Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved.

Are you reading your Bible?" Ah, well...I was." And then you quit." You got it." Then, you can expect to be weak on one of your flanks, and that's precisely where the Enemy will come after you with a vengeance.

There may be circumstances in this life that God uses to keep bringing us back to Him, looking for His grace.

My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.

I have confidence that God is with us in all things, both tender and tough

The significant, life-forming times are the dull, in-between times.

Cynthia came in quietly and set a cup of tea before him. He kissed her hand, inexpressibly grateful, and she went back into the kitchen. When we view the little things with thanksgiving, even they become big things.