I purchased the above book around seven years ago. I’m not sure why I did not make much of it on the first reading. I read the book again last week at God’s direction. It is a book filled with wisdom and I am mystified as to why I did…

Semantics means ‘everything to do with words’. The Semantic Universe owes its existence to words. Its preservation and continuance is reliant upon words. The words ‘Semantic Universe’ seem to have originated with a Russian philosopher V V Nalimov. Incomprehensible is the best way to describe his writings and ideas. Computer…

A Church I attended for years, had a bus ministry. It was a lot of work. Families in the suburbs around us were visited and the children invited to the bus ministry Sunday school. The buses had to be maintained and cleaned. Church members had to obtain their bus license…

A smile holds great power as it instantly makes you more approachable. It not only enhances your appearance but also creates a positive perception of you in the eyes of others. Research has even confirmed that a smile not only makes you seem more likeable and courteous, but causes you…

Writing Lessons From An Acclaimed Author — The list of inventors, scientists, and writers who testify to being impacted by the writing of Jules Verne is long. They include submarine designer Simon Lake, inventor of the helicopter Igor Sikorsky, The Apollo 8 Astronauts, Jacques Cousteau, Alberto Santos-Dumont aviation pioneer, Edwin Hubble, Ray Bradbury, Margaret Drabble, Georges Perec…

In an old book titled ‘Fundamentals of Fiction Writing’ by Arthur Sullivant Hoffman, I discovered a sentence that profoundly influenced my approach to writing fiction. Arthur Sullivant Hoffman, a seasoned editor, authored three books on writing in the 1920s. Fortunately, this book is available for free online through Openlibrary, which…

(Ephesians 6: 11–20) After telling us this teaching must be lived in the strength of God, Paul advises us to put on the whole armour of God. The implementation of all the armour, he says, is necessary if we are to be able to stand against the devil and his…

Erl Stanley Gardner once said, “When I started, I had no talent and no knowledge.” His written grammar wasn’t great either. Let’s explore some astonishing statistics from Gardner’s writing career. The 400 million sales figure was calculated in 1970, the year Gardner passed away. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find current figures…

Paul instructs us in Ephesians 6:17 to “take the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.” The original Amplified Bible phrased it this way: “take the sword that the Holy Spirit wields, which is the Word of God.” Whether we realize it or not, we are engaged…