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Archive for March, 2009

INTERVIEW | Latayne C. Scott

Latayne, describe yourself for our visitors. I love music, though I’m not musical. My mom was a professional pianist, my husband and son and daughter are wonderful singers, but I guess I’m best at being an audience. I love the music by the singing groups Acappella and Durant, and in the secular realm I think [...]

SNEAK PEEK | Deadly Charm

Deadly Charm by Claudia Mair Burney Rocky showed up at my apartment door with an offer that, in his words, I “no coulda refuse.” Or maybe those were Marlon Brando’s words. I couldn’t be sure. My blond, dreadlocked former pastor slash ex-boyfriend locked me into a stare with those big, brown puppy eyes. He’d puffed [...]

INTERVIEW | Marlo Schalesky

Marlo, describe yourself for our visitors. Well, let’s see . . . I’m the author of seven books so far, including my latest novel, If Tomorrow Never Comes, which combines a love story with a surprise ending twist to create a new type of novel that I hope will impact readers at their deepest levels.  [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Candy-Coated Secrets

CANDY-COATED SECRETS by Cynthia Hickey The circus is coming to town!  Who wouldn’t be thrilled with this? But Summer Meadow doesn’t exactly expect part of the caravan to break down right in front of her house. The scene is chaotic at best, with wild animals wandering lose. When the trainers finally get them rounded up, [...]

LITERARY NEWS | The 2009 Christy Award Finalists

The Christy Awards The Christy Award was named in honor of Catherine Marshall’s novel and of her contribution to growth of the fiction Christians love to read. How They Work Every year publishers are invited to submit novels written from a Christian worldview and copyrighted in the year preceding the awards. Each category of novels [...]

BOOK REVIEW | How to Really Love Your Grandchild

How To Really Love Your Grandchild … in an Ever-Changing World by D. Ross Campbell, M.D. There are different types of grandparents. Some want to have nothing to do with their grandchildren. That group wouldn’t be interested in even reading this book. Other grandparents have to grandparent from a distance. Families are separated by miles [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Intentional Walk: More Devotions for Baseball Fans

INTENTIONAL WALK: More Devotions for Baseball Fans by Hugh Poland Hugh Poland, author of Judson Press’ best seller Steal Away: Devotions for Baseball Fans returns with a highly anticipated follow up: INTENTIONAL WALK: More Devotions for Baseball Fans. Mr. Poland has a wonderful knowledge of baseball, and he gives the game a whole new twist: [...]

BOOK REVIEW | All Through the Night

ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT by Davis Bunn  Wayne is an ex-cop, recovering from a messy divorce, and not really sure he wants to come out of hiding to face the world again. But his sister, a pastor, forces him into interviewing to do accounting work for a bunch of seniors. What he discovers less than [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Daisy Chain

DAISY CHAIN by Mary E. DeMuth Defiance, Texas is picture perfect. Nothing exciting ever happens there. Fourteen year old Jed Pepper is the preacher’s son, and lives in the perfect American family. A dad, a mom, and a little sister. His best friend is thirteen year old, Daisy Chance. That day everything changed. Jed and [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Raising Boys to be Like Jesus

RAISING BOYS TO BE LIKE JESUS by Sharon Norris Elliott If my sons were intent on pleasing God, I would automatically be pleased with them as well… What better example to point them to than Jesus Christ—the One whose total life involved pleasing God? (from the preface) In today’s busy world parents need simple, yet [...]

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