I'm glad you are here!Just to introduce myself: I love books, dogs, and Jesus. Thirty years ago I was reading a lot of mystery/suspense: Grisham, Clancy, Cornwell ... that sort of thing. They all included some philosophical basis for life, some worldview. I wondered, why have Christians abandoned the marketplace of ideas? Then I got an idea for a story. What if ... the son of a door-kicking FBI agent was kidnapped by the drug gang he was investigating? Not coincidentally my husband, Larry, worked for the FBI. Not as an agent--he made Hollywood-style video training films. Next thing I…

I spent from September 2020 to February 2021 cleaning out the house our family of five lived in for 37 years. What an exhausting process! Hobbies, sports equipment, school papers, books, and all kinds of things filled the basement. I shredded huge bags of personal documents, threw out thousands of duplicate slides and pictures, and disposed of everything from a boat anchor to 2nd-grade school projects all while making my way slowly down Memory Lane. It was exhausting and emotional, and, when it was all done, I decided to treat myself to a little R&R: a month in Chincoteague. Do…