The Spotlight Network

We're joined by Paul Blose, author of Marines My Time In Hell, a deeply personal account of his journey from growing up in Yonkers, New York, to serving as a United States Marine during the Vietnam era. From demanding boot camp to patrols, ambushes, combat operations, and the constant threat of death in Vietnam, Blose recounts the experiences that tested his courage and forged powerful bonds o...

We're joined by Nakia Marie Liles, author of Pieces Of Me, a deeply personal exploration of self-acceptance, healing, and rediscovering the parts of ourselves we may have silenced or left behind. At its heart is a powerful question: What if those pieces weren't damaged at all—but simply waiting to be acknowledged and welcomed home?💜 Liles invites readers to reconsider the experiences and...

We're joined by Alexis Acker-Halbur, author of The Bear, an emotional story centered on Claudia Matthews, a woman carrying the devastating effects of childhood abuse by her father. Haunted by questions of why she was targeted and convinced that she was somehow to blame, Claudia struggles with nightmares, feelings of worthlessness, and the lasting wounds of her past.❄️ During a fierce February...

We're joined by Vince Cosmic, author of A Squatter in Heaven, a clever and reflective tale about a man who slips into Heaven and decides that getting inside means he deserves to stay. Hiding in a beautiful empty apartment, he surrounds himself with paradise but cannot escape the uncomfortable truth about how he got there.😇 When the angels finally take notice, the squatter expects punishment....

We're joined by Debbie Engle, author of the three-time national award-winning I Am the Real Runaway Bride: Hope and Encouragement As You Wait for the Right One. Through failed relationships, broken engagements, loneliness, and unfulfilled dreams, Engle shares her personal journey of waiting for the relationship she believes God intended for her.❤️ With humor, vulnerability, and faith, Engle ex...

We're joined by Marty Funcell, author of The Tiger Beetle Band: Good Vibrations, a playful children's story about John the tiger beetle and his friend Paul. Their ordinary afternoon takes an extraordinary turn when John follows the sound of music and accidentally falls inside a guitar being played at a concert!🎶 Frightened by the booming sounds at first, John soon discovers that what scar...

We're joined by Shirley Worth, author of Moon Dust & Kisses, a heartfelt poetry collection exploring love, loss, family, friendship, and the enduring connections between people. Through intimate and reflective verse, Worth celebrates the relationships and memories that give our lives meaning.💫 From romantic love and cherished family moments to friendship and remembrance, Worth's poems...

We're joined by Eugene Strayhorn, author of Echoes of My Son, a powerful Christian novel exploring grief, guilt, faith, and forgiveness. After his seventeen-year-old son is killed during a robbery, successful software developer Reid Scott is consumed by regret over the time he failed to spend with his family—and by a desire for vengeance against his son's killer.🙏 Meanwhile, Ruben Walker...

We're joined by Buffy Sanders, author of Buffy the Spiritual Player: Save Yourself, a deeply personal account of surviving years of abuse, financial hardship, PTSD, panic attacks, and a mental health crisis. At her lowest point in 2010, Sanders says she contemplated suicide before experiencing a profound spiritual turning point that led her to choose life for herself and her two daughters.🙏 S...

We're joined by Helen Fernald, author of Love, Helen: Letters to My Mother: Creating a Loving Connection after Loss, an intimate grief memoir built around personal letters written to her late mother over three decades. Through those letters, Fernald explores loss, family memories, suppressed grief, spiritual awakening, and a mother-daughter bond she believes continues beyond death.❤️ With vuln...

We're joined by Ronald Fentiman, author of The Human Game: You Are the Mind, a personal exploration of thought, emotion, and identity. The book grew from a devastating period when both Fentiman's mother and wife were battling terminal cancer. He buried himself in work until severe stress and headaches eventually forced him to walk away from his job.💭 During his recovery, Fentiman began ex...

We're joined by Linda Aldrich, author of Journey to Five, a poignant story set in small-town America during the 1950s and 1960s, where appearances, reputation, and religious expectations shape everyday life. Sixteen-year-old Lily seems to be the perfect daughter her mother, Ruth, has always wanted—until a possible pregnancy suddenly changes everything.💔 Faced with her mother’s anger and the j...

We're joined by Roman Montague, author of And Should the Sky Fall, a deeply spiritual story of struggle, refinement, and redemption. Montague describes a journey from the depths of despair and the “jaws of hell” through what he calls the refiner’s fire—a painful process of confronting hardship and emerging changed on the other side.🙏 Drawing on the biblical imagery of removing dross to reveal...

We're joined by Thomas Polvogt, author of a wide-ranging collection of historical, faith-centered, and character-driven stories, including Little Emmett, Emmett, Naomi, Joseph – Step Father III, Cold Blooded Justice, Cold-Blooded Friendship: Reconciliation, How I became Thom, and Possum's Tale, with Mai Grace coming soon.⚖️ Across his work, Polvogt explores characters confronting prejudice...

We're joined by Tonya McBean, M.S, author of Chasing Happiness, Not Chaos, a faith-centered guide for anyone feeling overwhelmed, emotionally drained, or trapped in patterns that never seem to bring lasting peace. McBean challenges the constant pursuit of success, validation, and relationships as the answer to fulfillment and instead encourages readers to look inward.🕊️ Through practical wisdo...

We're joined by Chris Brotha Blanks, author of The Scar Spangled Banner, a deeply personal work shaped by experiences with racism, violence, addiction, loss, fatherhood, military service, and recovery. After losing both parents to gun violence while still a teenager, Blanks faced his own struggles before ultimately rebuilding his life and dedicating himself to his family and community.✊ A spo...

We're joined by Jim Moe, author of The Inner Journey to God, a spiritual reflection inspired by his pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago with his sister. What begins as a physical journey toward a centuries-old destination becomes something far more personal: an exploration of faith, meaning, and the human desire for a deeper connection with the divine.🙏 Along the Camino, Moe discovers tha...

We're joined by Carol Newton, author of My Favorite F Words: My Family. My Faith. My Friends, a deeply personal memoir about a life transformed by loss. Newton once envisioned a future filled with family, children, laughter, and security. But after the death of her beloved father, that certainty gave way to heartbreak, homelessness, and challenges she never imagined facing.🙏 Through those dar...

We're joined by Rob Vogel, author of The Dawn of Peace. A lifelong artist whose creative journey began primarily through painting, drawing, and illustration, Vogel eventually discovered that words could express dimensions of his inner world that visual art could not always communicate. After years of writing poetry privately, he decided to move beyond “poetry for me” and share his deeply perso...

We're joined by Robert A. Clark, author of The Hanging Ground (The Cold Ground Series). Clark writes literary crime fiction set in the humid, kudzu-covered corners of the American South, where forgotten histories, institutional decisions, and long-held secrets can become inseparable from the crimes of the present. His work combines the tension of a police procedural with an exploration of memo...

We're joined by Dr. Barbara ten Brink, author of Operating at the Speed of Joy: An Autobiography. A prolific author of some 40 books, Dr. ten Brink shares a life fueled by curiosity, creativity, travel, and an enduring love of the open road. Rather than settling into a conventional retirement from teaching, she continues moving across Texas, finding inspiration for everything from poetry and t...

We're joined by Les Duncan, author of Brain Storms, an inspiring and practical guide shaped by an extraordinary personal journey. Born with a genetic defect that caused his brain to bleed seven times, resulting in seven debilitating strokes, Duncan says doctors told him he was fortunate simply to be alive and that recovery was not expected. He refused to accept that as the final word.💪 Drawin...

We're joined by C. M. Gordon, author of Marmalade: The Final Curtain Call. The historical novel follows eighty-year-old Jessica Matthews—better known as Lady Marmalade—as she looks back on a remarkable life shaped by ambition, family, love, and the pursuit of the spotlight. Her story takes a dramatic turn in 1914 when Jessica and her family leave London for Brooklyn, New York, just before the...

We're joined by Marilyn Redmond, author of A Spark of Truth, a provocative exploration of health, religion, education, government, spirituality, and society. Drawing on her personal experiences and research, Redmond challenges conventional narratives and presents alternative and unconventional perspectives on issues she believes are frequently misunderstood, overlooked, or inadequately represe...

We're joined by Melisa E. Arnold, author of The Color of Pain, a dramatic story told through the eyes of Alex, a young man whose life is profoundly affected by the ambitions and choices of his mother, Cathlean. Growing up in Belize, Alex becomes caught in her determination to improve her social standing—a plan that eventually takes the family across the Atlantic to England after Cathlean marri...