We Shall Not Shatter by Elaine Stock is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line. “The French marble clock in the bedroom chimed five o’clock at the same time a pounding came to the front door.” Now for this week’s photo and Scripture verse. I truly hope this is the last snow for our area this year! lol Although it …
Someone Really Did This? — Mystery Question
Someone Really Did This? is this week’s Mystery Question. I know every week I say the true stories are getting stranger and stranger, but it’s true. I’m still shaking my head over these. But first the photo from Unsplash by Jenny Hill, and the Scripture. As I thought about this verse, I thought about the running and walking part instead …
Snowbound Amish Survival –Reader Friday
Snowbound Amish Survival by Mary Alford is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: Outside the wind howled around the corner of the house with enough fury to shake windows. Now for the photo and verse. This photo was taken in March of 2016 when I drove over to Memphis to research material for Justice Buried, which was set at the …
Would You Do This? — Mystery Question
Would You Do This? is this week’s Mystery Question. I couldn’t believe it when I read some of them. Do you know how hard it was to make up a fake one? But first the photo and verse. I’m really not sure where the photo came from…maybe one I’d had fora. while but I thought it was perfect for this …
Undercover Mountain Pursuit–Reader Friday
Undercover Mountain Pursuit by Sharon Dunn is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “Willow Farris leaned out the door of the helicopter and drew her camera up to her eye.” But first the photo and verse. The photo is from my friend Cheryl Meints and taken at the Florida Everglades National Park. I thought these two went great …
Especially Really Dumb Criminals — Mystery Question
Especially Really Dumb Criminals is this week’s Mystery Question. Crooks never cease to amaze me. but first the photo and Scripture verse. This was taken as we drove from the new John the Baptist baptismal site. Around here when I think of hills, I think of tree-covered land, but when the Israelites heard the word “hills” in a psalm, this …
Delores Topliff’s Wilderness Wife–Reader Friday
Delores Topliff’s Wilderness Wife is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “Indian Country, Central Canada, 1810. I kneel at the river cleaning the fish our Tom catches for our winter supply.” But first the photo and Scripture verse. This is actually a new verse to me. I don’t know how I’ve missed it, but I came across it in …
Dumbest Robbers Ever — Mystery Question
. Dumbest Robbers Ever is this week’s Mystery question. Do you ever wonder what a criminal thinks about after they do something as dumb as some of these? But first the photo and verse. When my friend, Cheryl Meints, showed me this photo she’d taken, I immediately thought of the verse in Psalm 42, which has long been a favorite …
Kelly Irvin’s Trust Me–Reader Friday
Kelly Irvin’s Trust Me is this week’s Reader Friday book. Here’s the first line: The cloying stench of pot told the same old story. But first the photo by Cheryl Meints and Scripture. The photo was taken on Cheryl’s trip to Bryce Canyon with her husband. You can see her amazing photos at her Corinth Rose website, and I believe …
Tools of the Trade–Mystery Question
Tools of the Trade is this week’s Mystery Question. In the past few years, new techniques have been invented and should make catching criminals easier. I say “should” because it doesn’t look like anything is slowing criminals down nowadays! But first, the photo and Scripture verse. The photo was taken late in the evening as the sun highlighted the clouds …