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Tidbits and Trivia

Use what the Enemy has given you as an arsenal for the cause of Christ."
                                                                                         Susan Van Volkenburgh

Latest Articles

Creating Ancient Israel: The Geography of Faith and Fiction

Behind the map of the Trilogy of Kings Saga
Biblical fiction is rooted in a sacred tension—where reverence for Scripture meets the imagination of story. In crafting the Trilogy of Kings Saga, I found myself...
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My Journey from Tragedy to Testimony:
​          Why I Write Biblical Fiction

On September 11, 2001, my life was irrevocably changed. My father, Stanley R. Hall, was among the 184 souls lost when American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon. In an instant, the world I knew crumbled, plunging me into a profound abyss of grief, doubt, and spiritual desolation.
In the aftermath...
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​Three Nails

What can three nails accomplish?
​It is often said that bad things come in threes.

Yet we see in scripture that the number three represents completeness.
Are there not three....
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THE STONE OF EBENEZER: The Story Behind the Story

There is always more to a story than what is read upon the pages of a book. It is when you understand the experiences and motives of an author that you can truly see the message delivered within the novel.
When you know the answer, a depth of revelation strikes you, a secret insight that you alone share with the writer.
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So what led me to write THE STONE OF EBENEZER?
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Hannah – Model of a Godly Mother

There have been many important people throughout time, great men and women who have changed the course of world events. Yet all of them have something in common; they had a mother.

It is mother that molds us in those early years, a time when the foundation of who we are is formed. Mother was the one who picked us up when we fell and brushed away our tears. And it was mother that...
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Past Articles


A Writer's Desire   The difficulty in literature is not to write...

Hard Pressed  Life has a way of becoming overwhelming.

Living History   How can one live history? 

In God We Trust  The year was 1864. The Civil War...

My Grandmother's Breakfast   How often we live our lives off-balance, pushin..

The Implanted Word   Oftentimes in our busy lives, we open

The Seduction of Words   Words, words, words… I have a love affair with words.

Judge Not?     Are we to judge? Are we not called upon daily to make judgments?

What's in Your Lint Trap?     So, I was blowing my hair dry the other day, when I realized...

The Piddle Theory    So much to do, so little time…

The Way to Holiness   It began slowly, as a ripple through time. Only a few... ​

He Calmed the Troubled Sea     Unable to stand against my anxiety, I went to Jesus and...

The "Awe" Factor of God       Awesome! We throw that word around, giving it...

The Foreward Written with Love      I am reminded of how precious life and those we love are. 

​Lamb Selection Day – Palm Sunday     It is not by chance that our Lord’s triumphal entry into

Living Hope          The trauma of that terrible day plagues me still.

The Seduction of Words       Words, words, words… I have a love affair with words. 

​A Good Work        I was reading in Philippians chapter one this morning when I found a jewel hidden within Paul’s greeting. 

Finding Joy in the Absence of Happiness        Happiness…People are always looking for happiness.  

​Press Toward the Goal          ​Philippians chapter three brings us a final word...

​Humbled and Exalted: a Light Bearer for Christ       ​Paul left us in verse one feeling a bit...

The First Sentence: Setting the Stage          It always begins with the first sentence—this opening line is...


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  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
  • Books
    • Silent Resolve
    • Trilogy of Kings >
      • The Stone of Ebenezer
      • The Anointed One
      • By the Waters of En Gedi
  • Reviews