>Book Review: Betrayed by J. M. WindleTyndale, paperback; 365 pages; © 2008Reviewed by Glenda MathesJeanette Windle is one of the authors who has left traditional “safe” Christian fiction in her wake to sail into the relatively uncharted waters of contemporary suspense, and she cruises the genre extremely well.Windle is a master storyteller whose imaginative and … Continue reading >Book Review: Betrayed by J.M. Windle
>Jeannette Windle
>On Sunday (and early Monday morning!) I read Jeannette Windle's novel, Betrayed. I was familiar with her as an author since I had placed two of her books, CrossFire and its sequel Firestorm, in our church library. But I learned a lot more about her when I attended some of her seminars at the HAWCN … Continue reading >Jeannette Windle
>Autograph Book
>When I was in grade school, autograph books were popular. They were small albums with blank pages and one asked one's friends to write in them. I was thrilled when my mom bought me an autograph book. I could hardly wait to ask my friends to write in it. After several of my friends had … Continue reading >Autograph Book
>Gin raisins
>A couple of weeks ago, I made my first-ever foray to the local Hy-Vee Wine & Spirits store. Row after row of shelves stocked high with huge bottles of alchohol immediately overwhelmed me. I mentally latched onto signs hanging over sections like a drowning person grabbing a life preserver. While the "GIN" section was not … Continue reading >Gin raisins
>An Image of Peace
>The LORD bless you and keep you;the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.Numbers 6:24-26This morning, while praying the Aaronic blessing from Numbers 6, an image came to me of a sun-warmed tan wall with dark green shutters.The … Continue reading >An Image of Peace
>New Year’s Psalm
>It's amazing how often regular reading straight through the Bible yields scriptural gems that are extraordinarily apt for one's current circumstances. It frequently seems that the scripture read "just happens" to fit one's particular trials or times.In our regular devotional reading through the Psalms, we "just happened" to read Psalm 67 as the new year … Continue reading >New Year’s Psalm
>New Year’s Prayer
>InvocationO Lord, if only You might pour on meAbundant grace of Milton's heavenly muse!That this gray mind would empty shadows fleeAnd into golden praise itself would lose.But Lord, I'm paralyzed with Barak's fearand blinded by my Pharasaic sight.My hearing's grown as hard as Pharoah's ear,While empty echoes rise to Babel's height.You, Lord, gave Milton songs … Continue reading >New Year’s Prayer
Glenda Faye Mathes 