by Darlene N. Böcek | Jul 11, 2016
All Christians are in a state of flux… ALREADY/NOT YET: We are righteous already, but not yet. We are seated in the heavenlies already, but not yet. We are experiencing eternal life already, but not yet. We are sinless in God’s eyes, but not yet in the...
by Darlene N. Böcek | Jun 12, 2016
Playing Saint by Zachary Bartels, which came out in 2014, gets top score in my book. As a pop Christian novel, it does an excellent job of intertwining history, intrigue, character development and theology. The protagonist is an up-and-coming tele-evangelist...
by Darlene N. Böcek | Apr 15, 2016
I made the mistake of starting to read Mr. Nary in the hospital waiting room. Not a place to be guffawing every ten seconds or so. The wry sense of humor, the unexpected turns of phrases, the laughable story and story-within story and novel within that story with a...
by Darlene N. Böcek | Dec 31, 2015
As an author myself, I find the task of planning, writing, and editing a story challenging. How much more so for kids when they are told to write a story. “What am I supposed to do, Teacher?” they ask. Then they give you what they wrote. Sometimes the...
by Darlene N. Böcek | Jul 27, 2015
Research Sources TRUNK OF SCROLLS is this kind of Novel.