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SNEAK PEEK: SHAKEN by Tim Tebow

September 13, 2016

Read the first chapter of Shaken.

Who are you when life is steady?
Who are you when storms come?
 
Most of us have been on the receiving end of rejection, a broken dream, or heartbreak. And while this is not an easy space to go through, when we are grounded in the truth, we can endure the tough times.

In this powerful book, Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow passionately shares glimpses of his journey staying grounded in the face of disappointment, criticism, and intense media scrutiny. Following an exceptional college football career with the Florida Gators and a promising playoff run with the Denver Broncos, Tebow was traded to the New York Jets. He was released after one season.

In Shaken, Tebow talks about what he’s learned along the way, building confidence in his identity [ … ]

The Art of Losing Yourself wins 2016 Carol Award

August 30, 2016

Colorado Springs, Colo. (August 30, 2016) – WaterBrook is proud to announce that The Art of Losing Yourself (WaterBrook, April 21, 2015) by Katie Ganshert has won the American Christian Fiction Writer’s 2016 Carol Award for Contemporary Novel. The 2016 Carol Award winners were named at the ACFW’s 2016 Gala on August 27, 2016 during the ACFW Conference held in Nashville, Tenn.

The Carol Awards are ACFW’s recognition for the best Christian fiction published in the previous calendar year.

 

About The Art of Losing Yourself
Just like in my dream, I was drowning and nobody even noticed.

Every morning, Carmen Hart pastes on her made-for-TV smile and broadcasts the weather. She’s the Florida panhandle’s favorite meteorologist, married to everyone’s favorite high school football coach. They’re the perfect-looking couple, live in a nice house, and attend church on Sundays. [ … ]

SNEAK PEEK: GOD GAVE US THANKFUL HEARTS by Lisa Tawn Bergren

August 29, 2016

Click Here to download the first pages of God Gave Us Thankful Hearts by Lisa Tawn Bergren

About God Gave Us Thankful Hearts by Lisa Tawn Bergren

Adventurous Lil Pup is bummed that hibernating season will soon be coming to the Great North Woods. Why should so many of his friends have to go in for the winter and leave Lil Pup without pals? Mama reminds her little wolf that not all animals hibernate, and how he can be grateful for the beautiful autumn season – for jumping in leaf piles, eating apple treats, and celebrating the wonders of fall with his forest friends.  And she points out…

“I think the trick to having a thankful heart is thinking about the things that make us happy, rather than the things that don’t.”

As Mama and Lil Pup explore, she reminds him that [ … ]

SNEAK PEEK: HOME ON THE RANGE by Ruth Logan Herne

August 19, 2016

Click Here to download the first chapter of Home on the Range by Ruth Logan Herne

About Home on the Range by Ruth Logan Herne

Can the brother left behind and a woman without hope work together for the good of two precious children?

Nick Stafford stayed in central Washington, working his family’s large ranch after his brothers left to pursue other passions—but his toughest job is being a single dad. As a child he watched his father fail at marriage and parenting, so Nick was determined to show him up. He’d be a better husband, father, and ranch manager than Sam Stafford ever was. Despite that commitment, three years after Nick’s wife left him, he has a daughter in trouble at school and both of his girls are facing issues that force him to rethink his stubborn plans.

For Dr. Elsa [ … ]

SNEAK PEEK: FIND YOUR MIRACLE by Kerry Shook and Chris Shook

August 17, 2016

Click Here to download the first chapter of Find your Miracle by Kerry and Chris Shook 

About Find your Miracle by Kerry Shook and Chris Shook

What if the Miracles of Jesus Weren’t Just for the Past?

Healing the blind. Walking on water. Calming the storm. Feeding thousands with a few loaves and fish. Every miracle Jesus performed was for a purpose. There was provision for that specific moment in time. But what if each miracle was also embedded with the promise of future provision…for you?

In Find Your Miracle, New York Times bestselling authors Kerry and Chris Shook take a fresh look at nine of Jesus’s most incredible times of healing and supernatural intervention.  The Shooks unpack these moments in modern language to usher you into the pain, desperation, breakthrough, and miracle of each encounter. Plus they reveal a “miracle [ … ]

Sneak Peek: VISIONEERING by Andy Stanley

August 11, 2016

Read the first chapter of Visioneering. 

Lift Your Vision High

Vision is a preferred future. A destination. Vision always stands in contrast to the world as it is. Visioneering, according to bestselling author Andy Stanley, is “a clear mental picture of what could be, fueled by the conviction that it should be.” With warm, down-to-earth practicality, Andy Stanley explores the ordinary life of Nehemiah and his God-given vision for accomplishing the extraordinary. He shows how the life of this great ancient visionary, determined to rebuild the ruined walls of Jerusalem, reveals principles that can prepare us to find and follow God’s multifaceted vision for our own lives. Now this bestseller is again available in an attractive, affordable paperback!

Everybody ends up somewhere in life.
You can end up somewhere on purpose!

Visioneering is the engineering of [ … ]

SNEAK PEEK: EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL by WaterBrook – A Christian Coloring Book

August 11, 2016

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Rediscover the beauty around you

Open this Christian coloring book and be reminded of splendor everywhere. Beauty abounds in the extraordinary and the ordinary…and even in the mundane. Whatever your circumstances, beauty is there, waiting to be noticed and cherished.

Allow yourself the time to stop and see the beauty our God has fashioned in creation, in one another, and in His grace.

Each perforated coloring page features an original design from one of nine different artists, beautifully illustrating an inspirational quote from hymns, Scripture, writers, preachers, and teachers.

So grab your colored pencils and your closest friends and take some time to relax and reflect on the beauty all around.

To help set the perfect mood for worship, contemplation, and creative expression, a link to [ … ]