Latter-day Cipher excerpt

I am so excited!  My editor at Moody has given me permission to post the first section of my novel, The Latter-day Cipher, which Moody will publish in April.  It is a literary suspense in which the clues are written in the Deseret Alphabet, which was originally...

Windshield Wiper Forgiveness

In the time of the apostle John, people who became Christians after living under the laws of the Old Testament were faced with an incredible amount of freedom. No more animal sacrifices. No more temple ceremonies and finding out what type of sin you'd committed and...

Reason #194: Because I get to answer snarky letters

Here's a recent letter to me via this site: Another one bites the dust, ha ha.  ðŸ™‚  Anyhow, I think it\'s sad that you allowed Dan\'s love for you to also infect your faith.  I didn\'t see anything new here or in your books — basically a rehash of...

Raw Beginnings in the Gospel of Mark

The Raw Beginnings in the Gospel of Mark   Though I’ve read through the Gospel of Mark at least 40 times (and in three languages), this time reading the first two chapters struck me in a new way, with its rawness, its almost-violent use of language.   There...

on helping new writers

I recently posted the following on the group discussion of writers who are represented by my literary agent, Janet Grant. I thought you'd like to “eavesdrop” on some thoughts: As a writer, I've felt (because people told me so) that it was myobligation to...