by DHBrooks1917 | Apr 2, 2024 | Fiction, Review
Across the Border by Anthony Pond is a collection of fifteen interconnected stories following a young man’s quest for meaning in life.
by DHBrooks1917 | Jan 19, 2024 | Fiction, Inspirational, Uncategorized
Fear dogs my creative endeavors. Over 30 years ago, I took a design class at a community college in Chicago’s western suburbs. One assignment called for drawing a familiar object. After much sketching and erasing, I transferred to paper the outline of a crumpled...
by DHBrooks1917 | Nov 25, 2023 | News
On November 15, I took a quick look at my email before going downstairs for lunch. To my surprise, a new email in bold letters sat in my In Box from American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW). I took a deep breath before clicking. I had almost forgotten my entry in the...
by DHBrooks1917 | Apr 4, 2021 | Easter Meditation
The enemy struck out in a cosmic ball game with eternal significance. “For it’s one, Two, Three strikes you’re out At the old ball game” — Take Me Out to the Ball Game Once on a family vacation, I found a flattened snake’s head baking on the pavement...
by DHBrooks1917 | Dec 16, 2020 | Christmas
One can become fatherless by illness, crime, divorce, or plain old simple abandonment. Unfortunately, it happens every day, at any age. Each is painful. Fathers are not everlasting. I lost my father during college to cancer. As I faced the future without him, I...