If one looks out the window from a skyscraper in New York we get some idea of what God sees, and as I think about it, I wonder if he is asking, “What are they doing cramming all those people on such a tiny island. Some day it might just sink under its own weight.”…

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I am finally out of the car and safely home from Little Rock’s book signings. Unfortunately, I head to New York tomorrow for the big annual Book Expo. I have a million things to do before I leave, so I don’t feel like I am home yet. Perhaps, God knew about our propensity to stay…

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Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder When one is young and still newly in love there is a lot of truth to this. Wisdom teaches us that as we get older  “Absence makes the heart cry louder.” It flat out doesn’t want to be separated from its companion. Absence from God, through sin or simple…

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Today I return home to my boyhood home for the first book signings of my new novel, Ginger Snaps. Unlike the novel’s main character, Jack Patterson, my travel anxiety is not about returning home, its about the travel itself. I haven’t driven this far in a long, long time, but I also think it is something…

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Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding…. Psalms 32-9. Suzy accuses me of sometimes having a bull head or being stubborn like a mule. She is usually right in her assessment. I begin to think I know better than the laws of gravity, physical limitations, or common sense usually with disastrous…

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