History, Real Life, and Faith
My mother’s Sicilian cousin died last Thursday, five days before the big celebration of his 90th birthday. When my cousin wrote to tell of the news he sadly noted, “this is the end of a connection to the past. Nino waved goodbye as our family left for America,” in 1931. That’s his grandson in the photo; Nino came to marriage,…
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Texas life and history provided the background for my first novella. If you haven’t heard about The Dogtrot Christmas novella as part of A Log Cabin Christmas Collection, you can read about it here. That collection went on to the New York Times bestseller’s list the week it released. But where did I get the story and how? I was…
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Several years ago I sat in my rocking chair to “have it out with God.” I was tired of talking about writing and trying to write a book. I needed to know if this desire to write was from God, or was something I only wished was from God. I was willing to set it aside and do something else–getting…
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So, when all was said and done, why did we go to Nicaragua in July 2011? We went out of service to our God and the same Jesus who talked about bringing sight to the blind and restoring the people. We brought 500 Bibles to a community with few books. And we gave away over 1300 pair of reading and…
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What do you know about Nicaragua history? I was a young adult in the 1980’s and while busy with other things, knew something was going on in Nicaragua concerning guerillas in the jungle and agitation in government. I knew Iran-Contra had something to do with funding but was never really sure which side was which. I knew the name Daniel…
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So, how was the food in Nicaragua? What would you feed your family and guests if the closest grocery store was two hours up the river? Keeping food cold is always a challenge and insects are waiting the next opportunity to invade–even leaf-eating ants might make a foray into the cleanest kitchen. If ovens are hard to come by, how…
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