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Seeking Wisdom
I just finished reading Bill O’Reilly’s Killing Reagan. I’ve read a few other books about U. S. Presidents and other world leaders, and I am also currently reading Samuel Pepys The Unequaled Self by...
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James Milford Parker III
I got a request to put this out. So here is one of my short stories. James Milford Parker III Death James Milford Parker III stared at the gravestone with his name etched out in block print and...
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Last of Her Kind—Novel
Last of Her Kind Available on Amazon Prologue In serene, black-enshrouded silence, Earth turned on its axis, a sharp contrast to the bustling reality on the surface. The gaze of a hidden mind...
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Encounter Culture
I am blatantly stealing the term “Encounter Culture” from Pope Frances—but I don’t think he’ll mind. I hope not…. As I consider the last days before Christmas BEGINS, I think about the ways in which I...
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Off-World Faith
Bala knelt on the hard, stone floor and folded his hands across the latticed-carved railing, his head bowed. As the priest approached, he stared straight ahead; his eyes fixed on the ornate altar...
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Romantic Reality
Bala lay in bed, his arm around his wife, and stared up at the ceiling. The room glowed in soft, semi-darkness as faint starlight flowed in from the window. An abrupt snore from across the hall broke...
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Melchior Chapter One
Available Now On Amazon: Melchior Chapter One Hairy Hedgehogs Melchior felt the sneeze pulsing through his head like liquid fire. Squeezed under his bed, arms lodged tightly against his body, he had...
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Short Story: The Visit
Autumn was cold that year, frigid by all accounts. But in Chicago, I hardly noticed since I couldn’t see many signs of life on the Southside, much less the beauty of autumn that I was accustomed to...
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Julia’s Gifts—Virtual Book Tour
As a young girl, Julia began buying gifts for her future spouse, a man whose likeness and personality she has conjured up in her mind, a man she calls her “beloved.” Soon after the United States...
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2018 Short Stories
I don’t have a complete list yet of my 2018 short stories, but here’s a peek into what’s coming each Friday from January to May. My newest science fiction novel Newearth—Justine Awakens is slated for...
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Book Review—When You Fast: Jesus Has Provided the Solution
When You Fast: Jesus Has Provided the Solution by Andy LaVallee Published on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe December 12, 2017 Available from Live the Fast (11.99 includes shipping) Paperback on...
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Anyone But Him
I ordered Anyone But Him from my author friend—Teresa Linden. I can’t wait to read it. My daughter got it first. Grrr… Unable to remember the past three years or understand why she would’ve moved so...
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They Might Be Right
Alessandro gulped as he watched an agonized man pass with a cross hefted on his shoulder. He tugged at his slave collar and waited patiently for the procession to pass. Golgotha was close enough that...
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Enlightened
“The only thing worse than loving a married man—is loving a dead man.” “Huh?” Patty passed one last, cleansing swipe across her baby’s bottom, tossed a soiled diaper into the trashcan and bundled the...
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My Kind of Madness
Over time, I’ve become convinced that madness must run in the family. How else can I explain my insane desire to “live simply” which, by necessity, involves all sorts of discomforts from merely...
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We Could Cry
From Melchior—The Gift of Kings Frozen to the core, Melchior sat slouch-shouldered at the table; tendrils of steam from his venison stew rose before him. He took a tentative sip and burned his tongue....
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Melchior Chapter One
Available Now On Amazon: Melchior Chapter One Hairy Hedgehogs Melchior felt the sneeze pulsing through his head like liquid fire. Squeezed under his bed, arms lodged tightly against his body, he had...
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In A Wider Universe
Writing is a lot like praying. When I pray, I reach out toward the luminous and mysterious God who created me, trusting that He hears my voice. When I write, I reach out to unnamed readers—through...
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For the Living and the Dead
Yvonne stopped on the threshold and sucked in a deep breath. Oh, Lord, have mercy. It never gets any easier. A slender, willowy woman with flaxen hair turned, stared, and with her hands squeezed...
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Sharing Our Lives
Although I do not consider myself to be a “public person,” we are all sort of public personas, like it or not. At the store. Filling our cars with gas. Work. School. Human beings living in front of...
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