When we turn from our sin, and have the blessed forgiveness of the Almighty, then we can ask Him to run things, and let Him be in charge.

Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain, th' way I see it. For too many years, I ate fancy, I dressed fancy, I talked fancy. A while back, I decided to start talkin' th' way I was raised t' talk, and for th' first time in forty years, I can understand what I'm sayin'.

Easter is never deserved.

One of the things that makes a dead leaf fall to the ground is the bud of the new leaf that pushes it off the limb.

Let me say that I absolutely loved writing 'A Common Life,' because it was a book about love.

The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken.

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