The works below were released in 2021. Congratulations to all these authors on their book launches! Please take the time to click on the titles and learn more about each book. While you're at it, order a copy or two. You'll be supporting an independent author's dream - and you'll get to read some great books!
Mona Lipsey shares real-life, raw poetry which delves into the spiritual experience and journey of a woman seeking and sometimes fighting the will of God. Through these poems, you'll find a meditative experience that can help you process your own journey towards a deeper Christian faith. Each poem includes accompanying scriptures and thought-starters, so the book can be used as a personal devotional. See The Spoken Word: Poetic Expressions of Seeing Jesus has earned 5-star reviews and is available on Amazon.
I was honored to work again with the inimitable author Lord Fritz III on the second book of The Rupert's Adventures Series (I edited the text and designed the interior layout and cover). We first met Rupert the squirrel in Rupert Finds a Family, and he's back for more fun now in Rupert Makes a Friend. Order both on Amazon - these are great, uplifting stories your children will love with charming illustrations by Lisa Christie Leach. Click here to order. (No affiliation; I just love promoting great books for my authors!)
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Open Door, Inc. has released a 30th-anniversary edition of Prayer & Temperament: Different Prayers for Different Personality Types. Originally published in 1991, this book has been beloved by many for decades. I was honored to be asked to redo the book's interior design and work with the editor on bringing it to a new life.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a tool that is used to help corporate teams work more efficiently and dating services match more effectively and much in-between. But can it be applied to personal spirituality? Monsignor Chester Michael believed MBTI opened new possibilities through needed self-awareness. With a foundation in the work of Carl Jung and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, among others, Father Michael began exploring the connection between personality and styles of prayer.
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Aaron Blais is a first-time author who has just released The Holy City. I had the honor and pleasure of working with Aaron as editor, interior designer, and on the cover layout of his book. Check it out on Amazon today.
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I had the pleasure of copyediting this very fun comedy series by James Starvoice. It's a romp of fun with a spoiled princess and the kingdom she overtakes. The humor reminds me of Molière, so if you're a Tartuffe or Imaginary Invalid fan, you'll love Spoiled Alicia. Find it on Amazon/Kindle in paperback or ebook today. And while you're at it, check out this author's Natir Whitebridge romance series, too.
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Penny is an ordinary girl who just feels out of place. She's taller than her classmates, and her glasses make her feel like she sticks out in a not-so-good way. She longs to speak up and join the kids who look like they're having fun. But how can she when she feels so self-conscious? Then, one day, she learns a secret that transforms her view of herself. You can learn that secret, too! Like Penny, you can learn to be perfectly you.
Perfect Penny is Jenayssi Padgett's first book. Look for it on Amazon!
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Life coach and pastor Lucie Costa has written Empowered to Live. In this book, you'll work through 30 conversational sessions which have been compiled based on the author's life coaching experience and her knowledge of common issues young adults and adults alike face. Each topic is designed to help you learn to live authentically in the freedom and destiny God calls you to. If you're ready to really live, dare to dive in to these truths and do the personal work to reach the goals that can change your life! From Westbow Press.
I was so honored to work with Lucie on her editing and manuscript preparation for this book. Publishing it was a lifelong dream of hers planted by God years ago. Her children and dear late husband encouraged her to finish the book, and she did! I know you'll benefit from it greatly. Pick it up from Westbow Press (linked above), Amazon or Barnes and Noble online.
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In these challenging times, if you’re like most sincere Christians of any variety, you’ll welcome anything that brings you closer to your Maker and peace to your soul. In Chasing Jesus, Jack Prohaska connects the seeking Christian with our “God in Hiding,” the One whose face we never see and whose voice we never hear, but who sends us messages in a very special way. That special way is a central theme in the life and writings of C. S. Lewis but it has been strangely absent in sermons and bible classes across the Christian spectrum. Prohaska describes it as “Stuff of the Divinity—perhaps alluded to, but seldom (if ever) fleshed out and given the import it deserves.”
The essential narrative begins: “If I don’t make it to heaven, I’ll worship you from hell!” Such zeal and adoration comes from Prohaska’s singular experience with this special communication from above. The good news? It is available to us all. If we’ll chase after Jesus, we’ll surely get the message.
Click the link above to find it on Amazon. Also available at other major online retailers, so be sure to search it out at your favorite!
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Sabrina Cotton, a clinical social worker, has released her first children's book. I had the pleasure of editing Sabrina's manuscript. I love that this book is a fun story with a serious purpose: helping children deal with depression. The story is lighthearted while still pointing to sound steps to deal with real issues—it does not slip into truisms or toxic positivity. Children will identify with JJ's dark days when nothing seems right. Parents, teachers, guardians and counselors will appreciate the way 7-year-old JJ learns to recognize the dark cloud that makes him feel bad. When his older brother encourages him to talk to a counselor, JJ is brave enough to do just that. Mrs. Bright helps JJ create a plan to fight the dark cloud--but will it work for him? Find out when you buy Jelani J Sessions: Cloudy Days on Amazon today.
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The Other World by new author Hanna Faulks takes you to a place nestled in the mountains and deep on the other side of the forest where a king has slept on his throne for ages. Under the thumb of a gluttonous would-be ruler, the castle has deteriorated and its villagers are nearly at war with themselves. Can this kingdom return to its glorious intent? Your arrival is expected. Will you bring the sound to awaken the king? Fiction, ages 10 - adult.
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CC Littlejohn's The Place of Divine Intimacy: Where Relationship with God Changes Everything provides the reader with a meditative look into the importance of developing a close, personal relationship with the Triune God. Short readings will bring you into deep awareness of the ultimate privilege of receiving God's invitation to the deepest love possible, the most caring leading, fantastic Kingdom purpose and the amazing equipping and strength that Father, Son, and Holy Spirit provide from within their complete embrace. Available in softcover and ebook on Amazon.
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Evangelist Shelly Lockett has released Sharpen Your Sword: 50 Inspirational Parables to Help you Make It in Life. This series of short readings can be used daily as personal devotionals. Through real-life stories, quips, scriptures, and everyday examples, readers will navigate practical aspects of daily life and learn to better integrate and develop a relationship with God into how they approach, well, everything! Self-reflective questions and journal prompts engage the reader to make their faith walk their own. While there's not a one-size-fits-all formula, there is sure direction from the Word and voice of God.
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