The power of fiction, the beauty of words, and the God who made us to wield them for His glory.

Ordinary Words with Extraordinary Impact

There are some fascinating words in the English language, but sometimes even ordinary words can be used in an unexpected way, and it’s like a snowball hitting you – smack! – in the forehead.  See if you can spot the word that did it in this paragraph:   As they both prepared for battle, perfect calm settled on the snow and stirred the trees.  Lazy white clouds crisscrossed overhead.  The serene moment drew out and then curdled to crackling anticipation. The Preacher’s Lady – Lori Copeland I don’t know about you, but I had a visceral reaction when I read

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27 February 2016

The Preacher’s Lady (Lori Copeland) – Review

With her gathering basket in hand, Elly stepped onto the porch, looking forward to reaching under the warm hens and listening to their noisy gossip. A fat snowball hit her square in the forehead. Stunned, she dropped the egg basket, mentally sputtering.  Of all the . . . Her eyes easily located the culprit.  Bo stood in the middle of the road, Willow at his side, grinning like a mule eating green grass. Calmly kicking the basket aside and stepping off the porch, she reached into a drift to scoop up a mitten of wet snow and packed the wad

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6 January 2016