“His many late hours spent in acquiring this valuable profit-and-loss expertise were a large part of the reason that his wife Mary was currently spending assorted hours in the arms of another man. A country song or two has been written about this kind of thing, and the Arkansas poet who wrote them knows whereof …
Books by Me
We may begin with my Goodreads account, which you may check out here. Below, I have listed books I have written, co-authored, edited or contributed to, all in alphabetical order. You should usually get to a place where you can order it by clicking on the cover. We may begin with my Goodreads account, which …
Garish and Overdone
“But of course the black eye would make him look that way whether he was or not. It was a garish, overdone display, about a quarter of an acre, with deep magenta and black and a few isolated blue stripes. That is what had happened when Pastor John Mitchell had extended the right hand of …
A Blinking Fuel Gauge
“Finally, after repeating several phrases unnecessarily (the sermonic equivalent of a blinking fuel gauge), John decided that he had to wrap up. He didn’t feel any better. He felt like he had just tried to give a tar baby a bath in vegetable oil. Lester didn’t look any cleaner, and John just felt gunked” (Evangellyfish, …
Like Everybody Ought to be Doing
“He wasn’t thinking three chess moves ahead like a man in his position really ought to be doing” (Evangellyfish, p. 138).
Their Cold Silvery Tips
“He was the kind of man who was entirely unaccustomed to looking at lies from this end of the barrel. He was now counting the rounds in their chambers. He could see their pointed, silvery tips” (Evangellyfish, p. 137).
About Like That
“The rest of them were about as indignant as a room full of wet cats” (Evangellyfish, p. 133).
The Happy Kind
“There had been three other crushes, probably that same year. That’s what junior high is for. And the earth would go around the sun ten entire times before he had finally met Cindi, who, as Puritans go, was as hot as it gets. And, John thought smugly to himself, for those who think that means …
Not Having a Vantage Point
“Mystic Union, despite the informative crystals hanging from her ears, was not really in a position to critique the value of Mr. Peaborne’s intelligence” (Evangellyfish, p. 126).
Outfitters of the Reformation
Outfitters of the Reformation: Why Canon Press? Introduction One of the things that God’s people like to do is figure out ways to communicate with one another. “Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: And the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for …