In his book “Love and Respect”, Dr. Emerson Eggerichs argues that the driving need for a woman is to feel loved, while the driving need for a husband is to feel respected. When these needs are met, both are happy. While this concept is simple enough, Eggerichs unpacks these truths and demonstrates why spouses react so negatively to each other and how they can overcome and deal with this conflict. At face value, the book is almost too simplistic to deal with something as complicated as a marriage… Continue

Max Lucado's book “Fearless” is a book about...well, fear. Each individual chapter deals with different areas of fear in ones life, such as the fear of death, the fear of overwhelming challenges, and etc. In each chapter, Lucado writes about his own experiences with fear as well as offering what amounts to motivation and encouragement to overcome your own fears. While this book is not a step by step guide to overcoming your fears, that is something I like. It is not false in the sense that it cl… Continue

"The Noticer" by Andy Andrews is a story about an old man named "Jones" who is, in essence, a modern sage who goes around helping people shift their perspective on life. Jones main thrust with each of his listeners is that happiness in life largely depends on perspective, and as such, perspective is dependent on how we choose to view our lives and circumstances. That being said, I can not heartily recommend this book based on its literary merit. It's really like sitting through 160 pages of a mo… Continue

Recently I was given the opportunity to review Rick Stearns' book “The Hole in Our Gospel.” As the President and CEO of World Vision, a Christian humanitarian organization devoted to helping the “least of these...”, no one should have more to say about helping the poor and downtrodden than Stearns himself. Nonetheless, that does not negate the fact that I was honestly very skeptical about a book written by the former CEO of Lenox Inc. Could it actually be THAT interesting or thought provoking? L… Continue

I've never actually experienced writer's block. I have run out of energy on a novel and had to shelve it. It is still sitting on the shelf, but only because I moved on with other projects and haven't gotten back to it. I have also run out of energy for revising a piece, but I can usually slog through the revision process if I make myself.

Recently, I have been working on two screenplays, and with both I've hit spots where I had to stop. In both cases, it was because the upcoming scenes needed r… Continue