Tag Archives: Trials

Fortunately, I do not have many physical scars. There’s a small one near my left wrist that is the result of a bad burn I received when I was young. The worst one, though, is the one on my bottom lip. For some reason, that particular scar possesses a bluish-purplish ...

“He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, and your lips with rejoicing.” Job 8:21 (NKJV) Job suffered much because he was good.  He served His Lord and he obeyed His commands.  He took care of what God had given him.  He loved his family, and He raised his children well.  Yes, ...

“We are a family torn apart, but Jesus hasn’t abandoned us.” Those are the words boldly spoken by Naghmeh Abedini on June 2, 2015. She testified in front of a room of politicians as she has done many times before about the imprisonment of her husband, Saeed. This time it was ...

While researching for the current middle-grade mystery I’m writing, I came across an interesting character by the name of Pisquetomen. Pisquetomen was a leader of the Lenape Indians during the 18th century and fought to protect his people from banishment and enslavement by the British. While his tenacity and determination ...

In the entryway of my mother’s house hangs a beautiful picture of a waterfall surrounded by trees.  You’d never know the picture was made up of hundreds of puzzle pieces unless you examined the picture up close. One thousand small jig saw puzzle pieces, precisely fitted together with seams lined up perfectly, create ...