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

A Season to Love (Nicole Deese) – Review

I flicked the light on in Weston’s kitchen.  He ate with Georgia and Nan most nights, so the few coffee mugs in the sink and practically bare pantry didn’t surprise me.  But the neon-yellow flyer on his fridge did. LENOX LITTLE KICKS SOCCER My eyes struggled to make sense of the list of names. Weston – head coach.  And then several players underneath his name was my daughter’s. I slipped the paper from the magnet adhering it to the fridge and read it over for a second time, as if I’d missed a simple word or phrase or perhaps a

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Word Painting – A Sticky Residue

Have you ever woken up knowing that you had an uncomfortable dream, and then tried to explain it to someone only to find that you really can’t remember any of it – or at least enough of it to actually make sense when you actually try to verbalise it? Now imagine trying to describe that experience in a book.  You could try writing something banal like I did just a moment ago, or you could write this: I’d never been one to remember my dreams, but you didn’t have to remember a nightmare to know you’d just had one.  The

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