"Be still and know that I am God… a verse with a promise.

Be Still and Know Originally written May 1993 On a beautiful Spring Saturday, my three sons and I went to work on the nature trail at the camp.  As we hiked through the woods with our saw, pruning shears, and other gear, we were filled with the camaraderie of boys and dads in the woods. My youngest son, Terry, age four, waded through every mud hole in the swamp.  In addition, he kept up a...

Wise words from my father

God does not ask us to figure everything out, but He does ask us to trust Him in every situation and praise His Name because He knows best and will give us what is best.

Where A Good Place takes place

My new novel, A Good Place, takes place in 1862-1865 in the part of western Louisiana known as “No Man’s Land.” It is centered in the area known as Ten Mile.  This historic region, located west of the Calcasieu River between Glenmora and Pitkin, is bisected by two beautiful creeks,  Ten Mile and Cherry...

Where does your ripple effect reach?

“From Big D.C. to little d.c.” A life-changing event in my life. …Sometimes the best place to be is right where God has planted us.” In 1997, I attended the huge Promise Keepers meeting at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.  The name of the event was, “Standing in the Gap.”  This theme was based on the verse in Ezekiel 22:30:”I looked for a man among them who would build up...

The covers of my new novel, A Good Place

The covers of A Good Place We selected a painting by my uncle Bill Iles for the front cover of my new novel. This oil painting entitled, “Upper Field Pines” proudly hangs in our living room. I love it because it pictures an image of the woods that I love so dearly.  My mother always said we “lived in the sticks.”  I prefer to say I’m from piney woods Louisiana. ...