Note to all Fathers: Your words will strengthen or crush your children. Even when you think they are not listening or paying attention. . . they are. Children are smart and impressionable. I wrote the below article over eight years ago for an online website that appears to no longer be active. It was a voluntary submission for the Next Generation Institute’s Dad’s Only blog. The thought of Father’s Day weighed heavy on my heart today as I was reminded of how vital loving dads are to the spiritual and emotional well-being of children. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When Daddy says, “You can… 

Fully Charged or Static-Filled? Most everyone with a cell phone experiences a strong, clear phone signal. That’s one reason you own a mobile phone, right? It’s dependable, well, most of the time. What happens when the signal weakens, and airwaves fill with static or worse, service drops? You suddenly become disconnected from friends, family, online bank accounts, music, maps, everything and everybody. Do you panic? Your phone becomes a permanent fixture in your hand as you hold the device up toward the sky and turn circles in search of a signal. Finally, three bars appear and a huff of relief… 

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Does Prayer Require a Master’s Degree? “This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed by your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.’” Matthew 6:9-10 NIV Oh my! If prayer required any type of degree, I’d be in big trouble. My high school education wouldn’t get me very far. I’ve talked to people who refused to pray because they assumed a college degree was necessary to do it right. They thought prolific, fine words were expected to flow from their lips, so they remained quiet to keep from… 

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After my first book, Journey to Riverbend, was released, readers contacted me wanting to know if there would be a book two. I assured them a sequel was in progress. Now all I had to do was write it. How hard could it be? I had all the characters. I knew them and their histories better than some people in my own family. The end of book one gave me the seed of the plot for book two. So book two, Riverbend Justice, was conceived. And then I hit the walls. Not grinding-to-a-complete-halt walls. But walls that had to be…