I’m thrilled to finally reveal my debut novel. Blaze: A Love Story is an old-fashioned, sappy love story with a few sharp corners. Two broken people carrying deep, hidden wounds who find each other and slowly discover that healing, redemption, and love are possible when we surrender our pain to the Lord.
If you enjoy heartfelt Christian fiction with real struggles, real faith, and the beauty of God’s restoring grace, I would be truly grateful if you’d check it out. If it touches your heart, a review would mean so much to this first-time author.
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Two hundred and fifty years ago today — on May 17th, 1776 — the Second Continental Congress called for a day of humiliation, fasting, and prayer.
Today, exactly 250 years later, we gather to do the same. To humbly ask once more for God's mercy and guidance — as we enter the next 250 years of this republic.
My daughter was in the hospital for 24 hours observation recently, due to collapsing and severely low blood pressure from unknown cause(s). She is gluten-free, and I reported that 4 times to the dietician. She never received a single meal that didn’t contain OBVIOUS gluten, even though all of them were labeled “allergen meal.”
My daughter was in the hospital for 24 hours observation recently, due to collapsing and severely low blood pressure from unknown cause(s). She is gluten-free, and I reported that 4 times to the dietician. She never received a single meal that didn’t contain OBVIOUS gluten, even though all of them were labeled “allergen meal.”
You were created to know God. Nothing this culture or world offers will ever fill that deep void in your heart. As Jesus said to the woman at the well, "If you drink of this water, you will thirst again." In the sixties, people tried to fill it with drugs, sex, and rock 'n' roll. Today, it's technology, social media — and some are even attempting to build a relationship with AI.
But it's all the same search. Every generation is reaching for something more, something real, something eternal.
That something is actually a someone. It’s God. Jesus is the one you've been looking for all along.
@thegarybrecka Finished a 4-day fast yesterday morning, so of course breakfast tasted amazing (after a little bone broth): eggs with a splash of cream, butter, shitake mushrooms, and a little Sartori Montamor cheddar. 😋
Dick Carlson, Tucker's dad, loved Israel.
I should know. I was with him in Israel for 10 straight days.
Every bus ride, every tour, every meal.
At Yad Vashem, I'll never forget what he said:
"Thank God the Jews have Israel."
Dick Carlson knew that Jews have faced unique threats throughout history, and that Israel was necessary to protect Jews everywhere.
I know that because he told me that.
Not long after we returned from Israel, I started working for @FDD, where he was already. We would have lunch every month or two for years.
I can say without reservation that when it comes to Israel and the Jews, Tucker Carlson is no Dick Carlson.
Dick Carlson supported Israel.
Dick Carlson hated Hamas.
Dick Carlson called "Radical Islam" an "enemy of the United States and of the West."
Dick Carlson didn't question the patriotism of Jews who supported Israel.
Dick Carlson didn't hate Christians who supported Israel, not least because he was one of them.
Dick Carlson didn't insist that Jews needed to take DNA tests to prove that they're actually Jews.
Dick Carlson never slandered "Zionists" by saying that they "don't care about America" or accused them of having "not much of a soul."
Dick Carlson, in fact, rarely used the word "Zionist," even though he worked with many of them.
And, of course, he was a Zionist himself.
How did Dick Carlson describe the Jewish state?
"Israel is a country under siege. And it's a democracy in a part of the world where there are no democracies."
If you're looking for a north star to help you understand Israel and the Muslim world, you could do a lot worse than the late, great Dick Carlson.
Like, for instance, his son Tucker.
I could easily binge all those things, but I’d have to prepare them. Packaged foods are already prepared, just grab and eat for instant gratification. I do come close to bingeing deviled eggs (avocado mayo, organic mustard, organic relish, smoked paprika), which I make 3 days in advance, but if I eat more than my daily allotment I can’t have them the next day.