Gail, describe yourself for our visitors. If you give me a hammer and screwdriver, look out. I’ll probably destroy something. If you want me to sing a song, write a poem, act in a skit, or cook you a dinner, I’m your lady. Music has always been a great part of my life. I grew [...]

Staci, describe yourself for our visitors. I’m an almost-37 stay-at-home mom who loves to write, play guitar or piano, read, and watch movies. Over-arching all of these, my very favorite thing to do is learn—whether about people or about God. I love putting life’s puzzle together in my head and going, “Ah-ha. Now that was [...]

“We live in a squat. We don’t know squat. We don’t have squat. We don’t do squat. We don’t give a squat. People say we’re not worth squat.” Taylor Field has worked since 1986 in the inner city of New York where he is pastor of East Seventh Baptist Church/Graffiti Community Ministries. He holds a [...]

Rachel, describe yourself for our visitors. I’m an extravert who loves alone time. Is that allowed? Since most of my time is consumed with writing, I’ve given up any hobby ambitions. But I love Spinning and lifting weights, reading and hanging out with writer friends at Barnes & Noble. I am a worship and prayer [...]

What people commonly think about depression is a witch’s brew of everything from wrong ideas about God and the Bible to what Tom Cruise had to say about Brooke Shields’ severe postpartum depression: “There is no such thing as a chemical imbalance, and depression can be cured with vitamins and exercise.” People have crazy ideas [...]

It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way A complaint is an intimate moment in disguise. —Dr. Paul Coleman Sometimes they shake Paul’s hand and have a hard time letting go. Some give him the preacher’s handshake and grab his elbow too. Though their grip may change, their eye contact is surprisingly similar and noticeably intense, [...]

A FEW QUESTIONS WITH JOHN AUBREY ANDERSON Author of Abiding Darkness Your book’s depiction of demonic thought and activity is often frightening. How have your readers reacted to the book’s intensity? I appreciate your comment about Abiding Darkness being frightening. When I started this project, I really wanted a fiction work that would steal its [...]

When God Knelt Down Excerpt taken from Furious Pursuit by Tim King and Frank Martin (WaterBrook 2006) God on his knees! Can you imagine the sight? The disciples certainly couldn’t. Jesus was in the Upper Room with his disciples the night before the Passover. For his disciples it was another chance to be with him, [...]

Your Life Is a Piece of the Puzzle My (Ricks) mother loves to do puzzles. I know I didnt inherit that gene; sitting for hours and agonizing over a small piece of cardboard is not my idea of a good time. Our dining room was home to a puzzle in progress nearly the whole time [...]