Summer Reading (It’s not too late!)
It’s not too late…
Summers almost done, but your summer reading doesnt have to be. Set a new reading goal to achieve by Labor Day–c’mon, you can do it! 🙂
SNEAK PEEK: LAZARUS AWAKENING by Joanna Weaver
Read the first chapter of Lazarus Awakening.
No more graveclothes no more tombs Love is calling your name.
Lazarus Awakening explores the truth that Jesus loves you apart from anything you accomplish. You may feel spiritually deadbut God is ready to breathe hope in you again. You may feel bound in the graveclothes of regret, fear, or self-condemnationbut Jesus is calling your name.
SNEAK PEEK: The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived by Steven K. Scott
Observe the way Jesus lived. It will revolutionize the way you live.
Click here to download the first chapter of The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived now.
Steven K. Scott reveals the unique ways Jesus lived as a leader who accomplished all his missions, so you can learn to follow the most authoritative, inspiring, and practical model of personal success and significance in your career, relationships, family life, and ministry.
SNEAK PEEK: Forever Faithful The Complete Trilogy by Karen Kingsbury
Enjoy Karen Kingsburys Forever Faithful trilogy now available in one volume.
Click here to download the first chapter of Forever Faithful now.
Includes Waiting for Morning, A Moment of Weakness, and Halfway to Forever.
SNEAK PEEK: A Kingsbury Collection by Karen Kingsbury
Enjoy three page-turning novels by Karen Kingsbury now available in one volume.
Click here to download the first chapter of A Kingsbury Collection now.
Includes Where Yesterday Lives, When Joy Came to Stay, and On Every Side.
NEWS: Pioneer Woman Reviews The Charlatan’s Boy
The Pioneer Woman (thepioneerwoman.com) featured a positive teen review of Jonathan Rogers’ young adult novel The Charlatan’s Boy, a “frontier fantasy” set in southern swamps reminiscent of Mark Twain’s America, perfect for your middle-grade reader. Read the review here.
Look for the sequel, coming from WaterBrook Press in July 2012!
Who are your favorite authors for your middle-grade children?
NEWS: Chuck Colson Recommends Gabe Lyons’ Next Christians
Chuck Colson, host of the daily radio commentary “Break Point”and founder of Prison Fellowship, recommended Gabe Lyons’ book The Next Christians on his show, saying “Gabe Lyons is one of todays truly promising young evangelical leaders…I appreciate Gabes fidelity to Scripture and his focus on the fundamental truths of Christianity. But whats really exciting is how hes applying the Truth in new ways, ways that really speak to young people.” Read the transcribed show or listen to the broadcast here.
Hear the story of how Gabe and his wife responded to their son’s Down syndrome diagnosis in a creative, life-affirming way. “It was just using my gifts in storytelling and photography,” says Lyons, “But this is what Christians have to do everywhere. They show up [ … ]
NEWS: “Life In Spite of Me” Author Interviews With Focus on the Family
Author Kristen Jane Anderson shares her testimony of surviving a teen suicide attempt. Hear how losing her legs led her to stand for Christ. Click here to listen to part 1 of her interview, and here for part 2.
SNEAK PEEK: THE CROSSING by Serita Ann Jakes
Read the first chapter of The Crossing.
One day fractured their lives. Only Gods grace can redeem them.
An unsolved, decade-old murder holds two witnesses hostage to their memories and trapped in destructive patterns. Can the tragedy at the crossing be redeemed by the cross?