SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t yet read Trouble in the Ruins, and don’t want to know how Abihail’s story will play out, STOP HERE. Abihail is the only fictional character among the set of seven youthful protagonists in The Stones of Gilgal saga. She was originally created to be a tragic character, the daughter-in-law of the Biblical […]
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Rahab—A Name Redeemed
Rahab of Jericho~ the best known of the primary characters in THE STONES OF GILGAL novels. How odd—since she is a foreigner, a Canaanite girl, joining a cast of six young Israelites. Although the lives of these six Israelites impacted the future of their nation in significant ways, their stories lie buried beneath the dust of time. Othniel, Acsah and […]
Warriors needed. Armed and ready
“Some people call us victims. Some call us survivors. I like the term warriors.” Matt Sandusky stated yesterday at the “Not A Target” symposium for the prevention of child sexual abuse in Sonora, California. Victim. Yes, sadly, for nine years. Survivor, yes, in spite of trying to escape his personal hell through risky behaviors and eventually an […]
Carson vs. Goliath, Could Have Been a Good Fight
I’m weary of snarling contenders, jostling for attention and hurling epithets as the gentle one quietly slips off the stage. I had hoped Ben Carson might add a final political chapter to Malcolm Gladwell’s DAVID AND GOLIATH, Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants. If you haven’t read it, the shepherd boy, the future […]