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February 9, 2020
Lost Crusader #30 Something Special
Does God Go to Your Church? The question may sound a bit odd if you haven’t been around a lot of churches. Having traveled over half the country as part of my job, I have been to a good many churches…and I have not always experienced God’s presence. This has happened more times than I... Continue Reading →
February 8, 2020
Know Jack #137
Writing fiction takes place in a weird sort of tension. It is flights of imagination held in a real world suspension. It is make believe that must make sense. Friends have often heard me wish to be a screenwriter, so I didn’t have this burden of making sense and providing a logical reasoning for my... Continue Reading →
Bayou Moon #7
Chapter 7 Landry laid the book on the table, rubbed the bridge of his nose between the forefinger and thumb of his right hand and reached for a beer with the left. His eyes felt like they had been blasted with sand. He hadn’t been sleeping and when he did his dreams were filled... Continue Reading →
Bayou Moon #8
Chapter 8 Landry left Jerry with Frank’s body while the coroner finished up. Weighed down by trouble, he made the slow walk back to the Bass home alone. He had never felt so helpless in his life. People were dying…people he was sworn to protect and that grated like hell. When he reached... Continue Reading →
Two Years Before the Mast
Read the view of this classic tale of life at sea. It’s new in Reviews, Rants, and Raves.
February 6, 2020
Know Jack #136 Passing Thoughts
“And it came to pass.” It’s astounding how many times that phrase appears not only in the Christian scriptures, but in mythology and storytelling generally. That’s because stories sort of by definition begin in the middle of things and end the same way. A problem might be solved, the hero victorious over his foes, good... Continue Reading →
Lost Crusader #29 Speak Softly
“And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord... Continue Reading →
February 5, 2020
Lost Crusader #28 Rock Solid
“Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?” Were Jesus a modern day lawyer, I can hear his objection… “Asked and answered.” Meaning the question had already been put to him, dutifully answered satisfactorily on the record, and available in the transcript making further questioning on the point redundant. The problem for Pilate was his view... Continue Reading →
The Colonel #24 Progressive Truth?
Woodrow Wilson once said that if we throw out the preamble to our Declaration of Independence we will have a true understanding of the role of government. This thought is at the core of Progressive thinking about government which the likes of Wilson, Roosevelt, and Dewey advocated at the beginning of the 20th century and... Continue Reading →
February 4, 2020
Know Jack #135 Writing in Style
There is a trend in writing these days that calls for the author to give minimal space and words to the description of characters especially the story’s protagonist. The thinking is that this makes it easier for the reader to identify with the hero/heroine. While this is not my experience as a reader, it makes... Continue Reading →
