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Sneak Peek: READY TO RISE by Jo Saxton

December 10, 2019

Read the first chapter of Ready to Rise.

A powerful call to step into your full potential that biblically affirms the need for women to rise up and work together to make a better world.

In this particular cultural moment, where the momentum of #MeToo meets raised voices over injustice in wage equality and minority representation, popular speaker and podcaster Jo Saxton wants to move women beyond disempowerment. Instead, she draws women together to grow their grit and to establish new partnerships that will have a powerful chain effect.

Ready to Rise tackles the real-life issues women face—workplace harassment, sexism, low self-esteem, financial woes, power battles, and old wounds—while providing meaningful wisdom from Jo’s own journey to leadership. Added to this personal reflection are stories of empowered women from the Bible. Jo then calls on readers to invest in the [ … ]

Sneak Peek: UNVEILING THE PAST by Kim Vogel Sawyer

October 31, 2019

Read the first few chapters of Unveiling the Past.

Mysteries, family secrets, and learning to love and trust again rest at the heart of this contemporary novel from the best-selling author of Bringing Maggie Home.

Newlyweds and cold case detectives Sean and Meghan Eagle have been given the task of investigating the twenty-years-past disappearance of a husband and father, Anson Menke. A judge ruled that the missing man chose to leave the country and abandon his family, but his wife wouldn’t concede that he left his family nor declare him dead. Their mother now gone, his children want answers.

As Sean and Meghan follow the man’s last known steps, they also involve themselves in a more personal inquiry: locating Meghan’s biological father. But as Meghan struggles to balance her work and her new role as a wife, she becomes terrified [ … ]

Sneak Peek: THERE IS MORE by Brian Houston

October 28, 2019

Read the first chapter of There Is More

Founder and Global Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church, Brian Houston shows readers how with God’s power, they can believe and achieve a life that exceeds every expectation. Now in trade paper, There Is More is about fulfilling the God-given mandate to maximize and expand the abundant potential in our lives–and giving Him all the glory.

Drawing on powerful stories of God’s provision, Pastor Brian offers inspiration and practical application for:

•  Overcoming this world’s uncertainty by embracing God’s certainty
•  Replacing life’s limitations with God’s promised anticipation for you
•  Embracing obedience and entering into abundance
•  Moving your dreams from wishful thinking to genuine reality

No matter your triumphs or failures, God had more grace and favor waiting in your future. So maximize the abundant potential in your life. Discover the more God [ … ]

Sneak Peek: THE PRAYER OF AGUR by Jay Payleitner

October 28, 2019

Read the first chapter of The Prayer of Agur.

Discover a simple prayer with life-changing potential for our hectic times:
“Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread” (Proverbs 30:8).

This heartfelt, unexpected request from a little-known biblical author named Agur is the only prayer in all of Proverbs, yet it contains surprising insights for living with purpose and satisfaction.

Life in the twenty-first century is way out of balance, careening between extremes. Too many individuals, families, churches, and communities are trapped by the conflicting desire to live simply or accumulate wealth. So, this humble prayer has larger-than-life implications. We can achieve soul-satisfying equilibrium in our jobs, personal ministry, and relationships. Open your heart to Agur’s wit and wisdom and you can learn to
 
• escape imbalance
• overcome fear of failure and eliminate envy
[ … ]

Sneak Peek: GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD by Jennie Allen

October 28, 2019

Read the first two chapters of Get Out of Your Head.

The visionary behind the million-strong IF:Gathering challenges Christian women to transform their outlook and their lives by interrupting their spiraling thoughts and realizing their God-given power to think differently.

Speaker and Bible teacher Jennie Allen hears all the time from women who feel stuck in patterns of frustration and defeat. In her search for a solution, she’s learned that the greatest spiritual battle of our generation is taking place between our ears. How we think shapes how we live. So it’s crucial that we learn how to stop our spinning thoughts and refuse to fall prey to toxic thinking patterns like victimhood, anxiety, and distraction. In this book Jennie draws on biblical truth and recent discoveries in neuroscience to show exactly how we can fight the enemies of [ … ]

Sneak Peek: MAMA KISSES, PAPA HUGS by Lisa Tawn Bergren

October 22, 2019

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From the creator of the best-selling God Gave Us You comes a warm exploration of the ways parents show affection—and how it mirrors God’s affection for his followers.

Parents are always looking out for the perfect bedtime book to create a sense of well-being before a night of rest. Mama Kisses, Papa Hugs explores a child’s curiosity about how love is shown between parent and child, with the reassurance that Mama and Papa will always love their little one. And like Lisa Tawn Bergren’s young protagonist asks his mother, this question is pressing on the minds of many children:

“Mama, how does God kiss us?”

Mama smiled. “He kisses us a hundred times a day; although if you don’t pay attention, you might miss it.”

“At night he kisses us with a shooting [ … ]

Sneak Peek: LEAD ME by Matt Hammitt

October 22, 2019

Read the first few chapters of Lead Me.

The former lead singer of Christian music sensation Sanctus Real comes clean about the tension between life on the road and life at home.

“Father, lead me, ’cause I can’t do this alone.”
—“Lead Me” by Sanctus Real
 
Matt Hammitt had performed his hit song, “Lead Me,” almost a thousand times. And every time he sang, the lyrics echoed the voices of his own family. His marriage was strained. His kids were growing up without him. Matt’s good intentions could no longer sustain his family; he needed to be a man of action. Yet even as he told his Sanctus Real bandmates that he was leaving the band to invest in his family, he wondered: Was it really possible to be present at home and still provide financially [ … ]

Sneak Peek: BEING KNOWN by Robin Jones Gunn

October 21, 2019

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From the bestselling author of Becoming Us comes a novel unpacking loss, doubts, friendship, and the hard questions we ask of God and those we love.

After her mom passed away, Jennalyn was in the midst of moving, having a baby, and helping her husband work toward his dream job. At the time, she thought she processed the shock and loss, but only now that Jennalyn has two small children, a lovely new home, a lucrative side hustle with her art, and a husband who is always working does she feel the full impact of the loss.

Enter an old boyfriend who knew Jennalyn well and who shares many fond memories of her mom. Jennalyn begins to doubt her marriage and all her other life choices ever since her mom passed away. It [ … ]

Sneak Peek: MIDNIGHT MOM DEVOTIONAL by Becky Thompson and Susan Pitts

October 2, 2019

Read the first few pages of Midnight Mom Devotional.

A yearlong book of prayers to bring nightly hope and a sense of connection to mothers who feel alone, from the mother-daughter team behind the Midnight Mom Devotional Facebook page

There is something about a quiet house in the midnight hours that causes stress and anxious thoughts that have been ignored throughout the day to rise to the surface of a mother’s heart. When the world goes still around you, it’s good to know you’re not alone; there are so many other mommas just like you and a God who wants to meet you in the quiet.

What began as a small online prayer ministry to encourage moms in the middle of the night quickly grew into a worldwide prayer movement known as the Midnight Mom Devotional. Now this encouraging [ … ]

Sneak Peek: THE ENGLISCH DAUGHTER by Cindy Woodsmall & Erin Woodsmall

September 9, 2019

Read the first two chapters of The Englisch Daughter.

A marriage is tested in this Old Order Amish novel of longing for renewed love and a path for forgiveness from the best-selling author of Gathering the Threads.

Old Order Amish wife and mother Jemima has put her marriage and family ahead of herself for years. She’s set herself aside. Raising four children, she’s followed all the rules and has been patient in looking forward to her time to chase a dream of her own.

But when she finds out that her life savings for pursuing that dream is gone—and her husband, Roy, has been hiding a child with another woman—her entire world is shattered. Will she be able to listen to God and love Roy’s child? With so much at stake, how can she and Roy fix their relationship before [ … ]