I mentioned my brother’s death in Naming My Characters. He lost his life while in the military but not while he was actually in battle or even in uniform; nevertheless, I thought of him and other …
Heroes
In my last post I made passing reference to my USAF pilot training and classmates, one of whom was later awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. His name was Steve Bennett and his memory deserves …
Kid Pilot
In The Triplet, Gil is an unlikely candidate for being used of God because he comes out of such a humble beginning. I can identify to a certain extent with him in that regard, as I’m sure many of you …
Writing Miracles
I experienced God’s leading while I was writing The Triplet. I’ll call them "writing miracles" and cite just two examples that were meaningful to me. While they are not significant to the overall …
Naming My Characters
In this post, I briefly talk about naming my characters in The Triplet and speak a bit about its layout. I am the first born of three boys. My parents chose short names such that my legal name is …
The Bible’s 360 Day Year
J. R. R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit, which is two things at the same time: It is a book that stands on its own merit as a stand-alone volume and it is an introduction to a much longer trilogy, The Lord …