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NEWS: Weight-Loss Expert Chantel Hobbs to be Featured in People Magazine

March 31, 2014

Weight-loss champion Chantel Hobbs, author of  Never Say Diet, The Never Say Diet Personal Fitness Trainer, The One-Day Way, and Love Food and Live Well (WaterBrook Press), will be featured in People magazine’s April 4 collector’s edition of their most inspirational diet and health stories. This will be Hobbs’ third appearance in People, including gracing the cover in May 2006 for the “Half Their Size” issue.

 Hobbs lost 200 pounds without the help of surgery, pills, point systems or a trendy diet. Just as importantly, she has kept the weight off for more than 10 years. She began her weight battle and addiction to food during childhood, watching the scale go up and down after repeated dieting attempts. Finally, she gave up the weight battle, and after years of telling herself that she was too busy to lose [ … ]

NEWS: Seasons of Tomorrow Earns Four Stars in Romantic Times

March 28, 2014

New York Times best-selling author Cindy Woodsmall finishes her Amish Vines and Orchards series with Seasons of Tomorrow, which received four stars from Romantic Times. “Woodsmall is a talented author who brings the simple life of the Amish to readers with charm and respect. This wonderful fourth installment in the Amish Vines and Orchards series has sweet characters who will do anything for their family, even if it goes against everything they believe in.” Go here to read the full review.

In the crowded Amish fiction genre, the Wall Street Journal named Woodsmall one of the top three Amish romance authors.

NEWS: MORF Magazine Features Author Shellie Rushing Tomlinson’s “Death of the Church Lady” from “Heart Wide Open”

March 27, 2014

MORF Magazine is featuring “Death of the Church Lady” from author Shellie Rushing Tomlinson’s new book Heart Wide Open.

Known as “the Belle of All Things Southern,” Tomlinson writes with her distinctive Louisiana southern-style wisdom, humor and perspective, inviting readers to seek more than a mundane faith to take a step of surrender.

Tomlinson writes, “In short, I was a hypocrite! 

Though the news came as quite a surprise to me, the ugly truth was undeniable. An internet dictionary offers the following spot-on definition of my true state in that telling moment: a hypocrite is “a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, especially a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.” 

Bingo. If I were to be honest, the faith I was experiencing wasn’t satisfying my deepest longings [ … ]

NEWS: Burning Sky ECPA 2014 Christian Book Award Finalist

March 26, 2014

Author Lori Benton’s debut novel Burning Sky: A Novel of the American Frontier (WaterBrook Press, August 6, 2013), has been announced as a Finalist for The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) 2014 Christian Book Awards®, honoring Christian publishing’s best book and Bible releases of the year.  Winners will be announced at the ECPA Awards & Anniversary Banquet, April 28, 2014, at Focus on the Family’s campus in Colorado Springs, Color.

Benton’s writing transports readers to the 18th century, where she brings to life the Colonial and early Federal periods of American history. Masterfully creating a melting pot of characters drawn from both sides of a turbulent and shifting frontier, Benton skillfully brings them together in the bonds of God’s transforming grace. 

“Before WaterBrook Press acquired Burning Sky, historical novelist Lori Benton had been on a nearly 20-year journey [ … ]

NEWS: “The Power of A Half Hour” Author Tommy Barnett on “100 Huntley Street”

March 24, 2014

“100 Huntley Street” sat down with author Tommy Barnett to discuss his new book The Power of A Half Hour and discuss how to maximize your productivity.

Barnett talks about the L.A. Dream Center, celebrities, being a “pastor to pastors,” personal stories, and offers practical tips for immediate results in reaching dreams and goals.

To view the interview, click here.

Download: Crashing the Leader’s Chatterbox | Reflection Guide

March 17, 2014

pdf_1002Crashing the Leader’s Chatterbox is a FREE DOWNLOADABLE reflection guide designed for pastors, ministry leaders, and others in leadership roles.  Combat the negative voices that keep you from God’s promises with this free guide.  Best used in tandem with Crash the Chatterbox.

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SNEAK PEEK: A Short Walk to the Edge of Life by Scott Hubbartt

March 6, 2014


How Could He Possibly Make It Out Alive?

Click here to download chapter one of A Short Walk to the Edge of Life.

It was supposed to be a simple day hike. Scott Hubbartt was a military veteran with years of survival training. Everyone who knew him considered him an expert adventurer.

But Scott’s trek into the treacherous backcountry canyons of the Peruvian Andes turned into a desperate fight to survive after he became hopelessly lost. As his eight-hour hike lengthened into days, Scott faced dehydration, hunger, and exhaustion. And that’s when his true journey began.

Click here to download chapter one of A Short Walk to the Edge of Life.