Footprints in the Butter

A few months ago, I reviewed A Cross to Kill by Andrew Huff, a book I thoroughly enjoyed.  The next book in the Shepherd Suspense series is Cross Shadow, which I stayed up all night to read.  Because it isn't like I have to go anywhere anymore.
Here is how the publisher describes the book:...

It is time for Five Minute Friday.  On a Sunday.  Because that is just how I roll.
The idea is to take a word and write for five minutes without editing or preplanning or anything like that.  Just a note:  I will be editing, as my left shift key no longer works, and I don't plan to slow down to get the capital letters right.  I will...

This year, as a fun add-on to school, my teens worked through Music Lessons for Holidays and Special Days, by Music in Our Homeschool.
And by "worked through," I mean "we're nearly through."
As evidenced by the 90% complete bar in the graphic on the right....

I'm going to start by quoting the end of the "About the book" section I was given when asked if I was interested in reviewing Ishmael Covenant by Terry Brennan. "Fans of Joel C. Rosenberg, Steven James, and Ted Dekker will relish the deadly whirlpool...