For those who served then and those who serve today – happy Veteran’s Day! Thank you for your service and sacrifice! Last Sunday at church a hymn kept playing in my husband’s head, one that he hadn’t thought of for a long time – Eternal Father, Strong to Save. It was written by William Whiting, an Englishman born in 1825, …
The May Issue of Guideposts
The May issue of Guideposts is out and I’m thrilled to have an article in the magazine! I’ve always loved sharing how my dad, Howard Worley, began writing his first novel at age eighty-six. A few months later, two days after open-heart surgery to repair his aortic valve, he suffered a devastating stroke. He faced a long recovery, but amazed his doctors …
A LOUIS L’AMOUR STYLE WESTERN ROMANCE by HOWARD WORLEY
While a Louis L’Amour style western romance is a departure from the inspirational historical fiction I usually review, the inspiration is there. I’ve known the author all of my life. He is my dad. And if I ever thought it was too late to accomplish a goal or realize a dream, he has blown those excuses away like so many …
DAD AND LOUIS L’AMOUR
I think my dad and Louis L’Amour are a lot alike. But in June of 2010 my dad, at age eighty-seven, lay on a hospital bed prepped for an angiogram. His aortic valve was just about closed, and his cardiologist ordered the test as a first step to open-heart surgery. The heart surgeon would not want any surprises when he …