Recently, I’ve been reading a little [DRUM ROLL, PLEASE!] fiction, and old fiction at that. Few people today recall the author or his...

The first week of November is a busy time! It starts off with National Authors’ Day, which affects only a relative handful of people, but...

It’s usually the little things in life that make the difference. Perhaps we can’t see the significance, potential, or danger of such...

It’s interesting how something small and seemingly insignificant to others can trigger in one a vivid memory. This phenomenon can be, for...

It never fails. Soon after one makes a commitment to do something, that commitment will be tested. How long one is able to remain...

At the heart of the study is the U.S. citizenship test of basic facts about our nation’s history. Among the findings of the study are...

One hundred ninety years ago today, a man was born who later published a book the influence of which stretched far beyond his own...

On this date in history, several important events occurred. Columbus landed on San Salvador, discovering the New World in his quest to...

On this date in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved a secret project that led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people...

It’s amazing how, over time, one’s perspectives change. As I’m on the verge of testing the adage “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks,”...

“Stories come from people. Not from ideas, not from plots. Faulkner gave us the key to our material: ‘the human heart in conflict with...

I just listened to an audio presentation by Tony Snipes, an illustrator/designer/motivational speaker whose workshop I attended at the...

Sometimes a person can think that he’s doing someone a favor, but it doesn’t turn out so well for others, those countless people who are...

The much-anticipated, long-awaited Write2Ignite conference has come and gone. The recovery Sunday is now behind me, and the reality of a...

For several years, I had read various comments and articles about and notices and advertisements for the Write2Ignite Christian writers’...

I fully understand that media outlets seek viewers and that they want those viewers to be regular, continuous viewers so that they will...

Today, we take a look back at four historic events that occurred on this day, September 14. Copyright (c) 2018, Dennis L. Peterson...

All of us who are old enough to remember the event, remember where we were and what we were doing when we first heard the news of the...

Growing up as a kid, I thought that all grandparents–not only my own but also those of my friends–were old. After all, they had white,...

On one side of the train are steep hillsides and bluffs covered in thick kudzu. On the other side are vistas of a man-made lake and...