NASHVILLE, Tennessee) -- Worship leader and singer-songwriter Debra Black has released a special edition lyric video for her worship song, “You Go Before,” featuring in-studio footage. The song is quickly becoming a fan favorite from her debut album, God In Every Season, which was released in August.
“When my producer and co-writer Josh Williams and I sat down to write for this album, one of the anthems the Lord was singing over me was ‘trust me, I am good,’” says Black. “I started to think a lot about how I as a believer somehow have equated the Lord and His faithfulness, goodness and being able to trust Him down to mere man’s level. Thinking that for some reason He will fail me like so many. The lyrics in this song came alive through the literal walk I was walking.”
As I walk, through the valley,
I will fear no more
I will REST upon your promise,
forever and always
You go before,
so I’ll trust you Lord
Says Black, “I remembered that verse in Isaiah 52:12 that says, ‘But you will not leave in haste or go in flight; for the LORD will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard.’"
“Not only has He gone before us,” says Black, “but He is the lamp unto our feet, that when He asks us to take that next step, just the next one, we can take that step with Him being our light, we can approach the unknown with confidence because He is already there, we can step firmly on that next step because He is our Rock, the firm foundation. He will not let us slip or sink like shifting sands. He is Our God who will walk hand in hand as we walk through the fire, as we walk through the desert, or valley. He is Ever Present, God with us, Emmanuel.”
For more of the story behind the song, visit: http://www.debrablackmusic.com/uncategorized/you-go-before-tis-so-sweet-the-story-behind-the-song/
Since the release of God In Every Season, Black has kept busy with a broad outreach to churches and an impressive string of media appearances, including Cornerstone Television Network’s Real Life!, JUCE TV’s TOP3, Niteline, Friends and Neighbors, Atlanta Live, Good Morning Arkansas, WREG-TV Memphis’ Live at 9, The Marybeth Conley Show, Life Lessons Radio, Kingdom News, Christian Connections and more.
Based in Atlanta, Black had already been singing and leading worship for more than a decade when she started working on her own music. She founded and pioneered Worship on the Square, a non-profit organization bringing the church body together in city centers to worship God and bring awareness to social causes. Unique, relatable, and possessed of unshakeable faith, Black inspires listeners to take refuge and find trust in God.
Connect with Debra:
Website: www.debrablackmusic.com
Facebook: facebook.com/DebraBlackMusic
Twitter: twitter.com/DebraBlackMusic
ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/id893273888
Monday, November 10, 2014
Friday, November 7, 2014
'CHRISTMAS REVOLUTION' BY EVA KROON PIKE RELEASES TO CHRISTIAN RADIO
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (November 6, 2014) - "Christmas Revolution," the new holiday single from singer/songwriter Eva Kroon Pike, releases to Christian radio this week. The song, written by Pike and veteran Christian hit songwriter Don Koch, was serviced on Monday, November 3.
The new single, which was inspired by Pike's desire to refocus on the true meaning of Christmas, juxtaposes joyous, bouncy and encouraging lyrics against a military drum roll to create a unique take on the song's revolutionary theme. The martial musical underpinning forms a firm foundation for layer upon layer of shimmering pop instrumentation, and serves to heighten Pike's pristine vocals as she encourages listeners to "Start a Christmas revolution/ where a baby is a king/ where hope can conquer anything!"
"'Christmas Revolution' is by far one of my favorite songs we've written," says Pike. "We've allowed Christmas to become commercialized...the focus is on Santa and presents instead of the true meaning--our King came in the form of a tiny baby to conquer this world and give of himself sacrificially to save us from our sins! So many times we as Christians have sat back and allowed the world to take Christ out of Christmas...I think it's time to say 'enough is enough' and start a 'Christmas Revolution!'"
Pike co-wrote the song with her producer, Koch, who has written more than 35 No. 1 songs during his career. He is a multiple Dove Award winner, including winning a Dove Award for Song of the Year in 1994 for "In Christ Alone." Koch's songs have been recorded by the likes of Avalon, Donny Osmond, Michael Crawford, Brian Littrell (Backstreet Boys), and Phillips, Craig and Dean.
The single is being serviced to Christian radio by A-Sides Radio Promotion.
"Eva's new single is not the typical Christmas song you hear," says Jeff McLaughlin, president of A-Sides Radio Promotion. "It's an original and an incredible radio song with a great message...it is time to start a 'Christmas Revolution!'"
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About Eva Kroon Pike:
"Music is my passion," says Eva Kroon Pike, who has been singing since age 3 and also plays the flute, guitar and keyboard. During her career, Pike has performed in front of thousands of people and has shared the stage with the likes of Anne Graham Lotz, Mark Harris, Babbie Mason and Third Day. Pike's ministry, she says, is about "spreading the
Gospel, one song at a time." Pike believes that God has a plan for her life and that He chose, through her adoption as an infant, a very special family for her to grow up in to learn life's lessons. Her heart's desire is to point people to her loving Father who sent His Son to die so that everyone who believes in Him will live eternally. Pike focuses on the theme of adoption in her song, "Grace That Chose Me," in which she sings, "If I'm anything close to what I'm meant to be, I owe it to the hands of Grace that chose me."
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
Q&A with Bruce Malone Author of Brilliant: Made in the Image of God
1) What makes BRILLIANT: Made in the Image of God unique among other books about creation?
First, the topic is completely different than typical creation books. Most books on creation deal with the scientific evidence supporting the reality that we have a designer. Brilliant places creation in a real Biblical timeline of Earth history. If the Bible were given the same respect and consideration as any other book, it would have to be acknowledged that it clearly states that the Earth (and all life upon the Earth) was formed approximately 6000 years ago, death entered into all of creation because of mankind’s rebellion against God shortly after that, the entire Earth experienced a globe restructuring flood approximately 4350 years ago, and every culture in the world arose subsequent to these real events of Earth history. Brilliant takes the Bible seriously and every page contains an artifact from some ancient culture testifying to the reality of these true events of history. Every article also includes a timeline central to the subject discussed upon that page - showing where ancient cultures and artifacts fit into a biblical viewpoint of history.
Second, every page of Brilliant is exquisitely illustrated to draw the reader into the topic of that page before going onto a new artifact or topic on the next page. This book is the Christian version of Dorling Kindersley educational books but it makes the Bible central to its discussion of history and brings the biblical timeline alive to the reader.
Third, if Christians are going to make the Bible credible to the world around us we have to start treating it as credible from the very beginning. Re-establishing a biblical timeline of history is central to this and Brilliant does exactly this. Cultures throughout the world are filled with mysteries which do not fit the pervasive evolutionary time-frame but make perfect sense if the Biblical timeline of history is understood. Page after page confirms the credibility of the Bible’s timeline of history.
4) Are there any key scientific or archaeological facts that all Christians should be aware of to support the biblical account of Creation?
Brilliant and Censored Science are books about the scientific and archeological evidence supporting the reality that biblical creation is true and they form a powerful “one-two” punch to answer this exact question.
Censored Science shows the evidence for each major scientific discipline (first third - biological science, second third – earth science, last third – physics/cosmology) in a non-technical, easy to understand way. Briefly – the laws of science reveal that evolution is impossible. Matter cannot create itself…DNA is coded information and information cannot write itself…life only comes from pre-existing life and every experiment ever done testifies to this…there is not one missing link but systematic gaps between every different kind of body structure…gas always expands outward –never packs tighter together so stars could never form themselves – and no one has ever seen a new star form. Brilliant documents these and dozens of other examples of how we can know creation has a Creator and did not make itself.
8) What future plans do you have for book acquisitions/ideas?
Our most popular books are creation related. We have two books (A Closer Look at the Evidence and Inspired Evidence) which are laid out in devotional format - with a short interesting evidence for the reality of biblical creation on each page - from 26 different areas of science and knowledge. Over 80,000 of these books are in circulation and our next publication will complete this series as a trilogy of creation devotional evidences. As a set, these books will document over 1000 different examples of why we can trust God’s Word to mean what it says.
Our full color hardcovers have shown why the Bible is scientifically accurate (Censored Science) and why the timeline of the Biblical is absolutely historically accurate (Brilliant: Made in the image of God). I am just starting a third full color hardcover which deals with another aspect of how mankind has been made in the image of God – we have been given the freedom of choice. This is the opposite of what evolution implies. If evolution is true then mankind is simply the product of chemical processes. Ultimately life has no meaning and we are just complex chemicals doing what chemical randomly came together to do. Thus in a broad philosophical sense, we ultimately have no choice nor are we ultimately responsible for our choices.
By being made in the image of God and given the freedom to accept or reject God, we were also created with a brain which is capable of rejecting or accepting the truth. Once we trade the truth for a lie we can reach the point where we fail to see the obvious truth even when it is right in front of our face. I plan to document examples through history of how rejection of the truth and departure from obvious biblical principles has blinded people and cultures to reality and has caused enormous and tragic damage. Our current age is being blinded by an acceptance of evolutionary principles and its accompanying timescale. This is the foundation battle raging within our culture. All other symptoms of our decaying morality (abortion, homosexuality, increasing crime, suicides, etc…) can be traced to the rejection of God’s Word as a basis for meaning and morality - and this rejection of God’s Word can be traced to the rejection of creation and the early parts of the Bible.
Second, every page of Brilliant is exquisitely illustrated to draw the reader into the topic of that page before going onto a new artifact or topic on the next page. This book is the Christian version of Dorling Kindersley educational books but it makes the Bible central to its discussion of history and brings the biblical timeline alive to the reader.
Third, if Christians are going to make the Bible credible to the world around us we have to start treating it as credible from the very beginning. Re-establishing a biblical timeline of history is central to this and Brilliant does exactly this. Cultures throughout the world are filled with mysteries which do not fit the pervasive evolutionary time-frame but make perfect sense if the Biblical timeline of history is understood. Page after page confirms the credibility of the Bible’s timeline of history.
2) Are there any new revelations or findings included in BRILLIANT? If so, please elaborate.
Every page is filled with revelations showing that the biblical timeline is correct and the millions-of-years evolutionary time-frame could not possibly be true. For instance:
In general, Christians are woefully ignorant of how to fit the Ice Age, ape-men, archeological discoveries, continental plate tectonics, and/or ancient Chinese/Egyptian/Peruvian/and other cultures fit into a real biblical timeline. Brilliant shows how all these things not only logically fit a Biblical perspective but confirm its accuracy while contradicting the evolutionary perspective.
3) What do you say to Christians who accept a hybrid belief of Creationism and Darwinism?
If you do not treat the Bible like it actually means what it says at the very beginning, when do you start deciding it means what it actually says? If a book starts by saying that a foundation concept is “The sky is green”, how credible do you think the rest of the book will be? If Christians do not accept the absolutely crystal clear statements of God’s Word about creatures reproducing after their own kind (repeated 10 times in Genesis 1), death existing because of mankind’s actions (Genesis 3), a real worldwide flood (Genesis 5-9), and the creation of the universe and everything in it in 6 literal days (Genesis 1 and Exodus 20:11) then how can they say they take God’s word seriously? They are, in essence, saying the Bible cannot be trusted when it speaks on subjects dealing with biology, geology, ancient history, cosmology, or the age of creation. If Christians treat God’s Word with such disregard, is it any wonder our culture is increasingly treating the entire Bible as irrelevant?
Furthermore, all of this is absolutely unnecessary because evolution simple does not work to explain the origin of time/space /matter, the formation of life, the existence of the DNA code, the development of stars, or the transformation of one type of animal to a completely different type. So why believe what these same intellectuals say about the age of things? Blending creation with Darwinism is no different than blending atheism with Christianity. It simply does not work and it is pure foolishness to pretend otherwise. Romans 1:19-23 states that everyone is without excuse for belief in God because we can know God exists simply by observing what He has made (i.e., creation). Yet if Darwinian molecules-to-man evolution is true, there can be no evidence for God’s existence from examining creation because everything in creation is explained by natural processes. Our books are filled with page after page of examples of why Darwinian evolution is simply not true.
Every page is filled with revelations showing that the biblical timeline is correct and the millions-of-years evolutionary time-frame could not possibly be true. For instance:
In general, Christians are woefully ignorant of how to fit the Ice Age, ape-men, archeological discoveries, continental plate tectonics, and/or ancient Chinese/Egyptian/Peruvian/and other cultures fit into a real biblical timeline. Brilliant shows how all these things not only logically fit a Biblical perspective but confirm its accuracy while contradicting the evolutionary perspective.
3) What do you say to Christians who accept a hybrid belief of Creationism and Darwinism?
If you do not treat the Bible like it actually means what it says at the very beginning, when do you start deciding it means what it actually says? If a book starts by saying that a foundation concept is “The sky is green”, how credible do you think the rest of the book will be? If Christians do not accept the absolutely crystal clear statements of God’s Word about creatures reproducing after their own kind (repeated 10 times in Genesis 1), death existing because of mankind’s actions (Genesis 3), a real worldwide flood (Genesis 5-9), and the creation of the universe and everything in it in 6 literal days (Genesis 1 and Exodus 20:11) then how can they say they take God’s word seriously? They are, in essence, saying the Bible cannot be trusted when it speaks on subjects dealing with biology, geology, ancient history, cosmology, or the age of creation. If Christians treat God’s Word with such disregard, is it any wonder our culture is increasingly treating the entire Bible as irrelevant?
Furthermore, all of this is absolutely unnecessary because evolution simple does not work to explain the origin of time/space /matter, the formation of life, the existence of the DNA code, the development of stars, or the transformation of one type of animal to a completely different type. So why believe what these same intellectuals say about the age of things? Blending creation with Darwinism is no different than blending atheism with Christianity. It simply does not work and it is pure foolishness to pretend otherwise. Romans 1:19-23 states that everyone is without excuse for belief in God because we can know God exists simply by observing what He has made (i.e., creation). Yet if Darwinian molecules-to-man evolution is true, there can be no evidence for God’s existence from examining creation because everything in creation is explained by natural processes. Our books are filled with page after page of examples of why Darwinian evolution is simply not true.
4) Are there any key scientific or archaeological facts that all Christians should be aware of to support the biblical account of Creation?Brilliant and Censored Science are books about the scientific and archeological evidence supporting the reality that biblical creation is true and they form a powerful “one-two” punch to answer this exact question.
Censored Science shows the evidence for each major scientific discipline (first third - biological science, second third – earth science, last third – physics/cosmology) in a non-technical, easy to understand way. Briefly – the laws of science reveal that evolution is impossible. Matter cannot create itself…DNA is coded information and information cannot write itself…life only comes from pre-existing life and every experiment ever done testifies to this…there is not one missing link but systematic gaps between every different kind of body structure…gas always expands outward –never packs tighter together so stars could never form themselves – and no one has ever seen a new star form. Brilliant documents these and dozens of other examples of how we can know creation has a Creator and did not make itself.
Brilliant shows that the literal timeline of the Bible is absolutely correct and that mankind has been brilliant and creative from the beginning of creation. Had we come from apes there should be an extended period of slow development of technology, language, civilizations, and knowledge. Yet there is not. The “god’s” of ancient Greece have amazing parallels to the actual patriarchs of mankind – showing that even Greek mythology was based on a knowledge of early humanity; every culture in the world has a remembrance in the form of a story concerning the worldwide flood; an ancient worship center has been found at the very base of Mt. Ararat and worship was Noah’s first act after disembarking from the ark; ancient Egyptians and Chinese both have artifacts showing they understood the use of metalwork and this was listed as something mankind invented within four generations of Adam – yet these ancient cultures were supposedly still stuck in the “Stone Age” where no knowledge of metalworking should exist; working batteries have been found made from clay pots in ancient Babylon; examples of typesetting have been found in Greece - 2000 years before the process was “discovered” by Guttenberg. Every two-page article and illustration in Brilliantbrings to life a different example of the biblical brilliance and creativity of mankind – because mankind was literally made “in the image of God”.
5) When did you start Search for the Truth publishing and what motivated you to form the company?
The goal of Search for the Truth Publications is to “awaken hearts and minds to biblical truth”. The Bible has become totally discredited in our culture because for the last 100 years Christians have largely quit explaining why it was trustworthy from the very beginning. They thought if we just concentrated on Jesus and spiritual stuff, nothing else really mattered. Yet Jesus never separated Scriptural statements about history from spiritual subjects. As a matter of fact in John 3:12 he stated, “If you do not believe me when I talk of worldly things, how will you believe me when I speak of spiritual things.” Search for the Truth exists to reconnect history and science with the Bible. All of our creation books conquer complex technical subjects with short, two-page summaries including accompanying photos. They are not long boring technical books seeking to turn people into science experts, but rather, they are interesting, relevant, extensively-illustrated books. These books show that modern science excludes the biblical viewpoint so it is misinterpreting the evidence from the world around us. We also make multiple copies of our materials available at extremely low cost so they are easy to share with others. For instance, both of our full color coffee-table quality sewn hardcovers are available for only $6.00 per copy when purchased 10 at a time in any combination with any of our books.
6) List some of the company's significant accomplishments.
We have published 12 different titles from six authors along with video presentations. Search for the Truth Publications currently has almost 200,000 copies in circulation – primarily creation related - but also materials dealing with sexual purity, escape from the addiction to pornography, a study guide for Christian living aimed at teenage girls, and a Christian adventure series for youth.
My background is in scientific research. I worked as a research leader for Dow Chemical for 27 years and have 17 patents. Now, I lecture frequently on the subject of creation and biblical history, and have spoken over 600 times in 12 countries. We have given away over 50,000 books to students and prisoners – every student who attends one of our lectures always receives the free resource of one of our books.
5) When did you start Search for the Truth publishing and what motivated you to form the company?
The goal of Search for the Truth Publications is to “awaken hearts and minds to biblical truth”. The Bible has become totally discredited in our culture because for the last 100 years Christians have largely quit explaining why it was trustworthy from the very beginning. They thought if we just concentrated on Jesus and spiritual stuff, nothing else really mattered. Yet Jesus never separated Scriptural statements about history from spiritual subjects. As a matter of fact in John 3:12 he stated, “If you do not believe me when I talk of worldly things, how will you believe me when I speak of spiritual things.” Search for the Truth exists to reconnect history and science with the Bible. All of our creation books conquer complex technical subjects with short, two-page summaries including accompanying photos. They are not long boring technical books seeking to turn people into science experts, but rather, they are interesting, relevant, extensively-illustrated books. These books show that modern science excludes the biblical viewpoint so it is misinterpreting the evidence from the world around us. We also make multiple copies of our materials available at extremely low cost so they are easy to share with others. For instance, both of our full color coffee-table quality sewn hardcovers are available for only $6.00 per copy when purchased 10 at a time in any combination with any of our books.
6) List some of the company's significant accomplishments.
We have published 12 different titles from six authors along with video presentations. Search for the Truth Publications currently has almost 200,000 copies in circulation – primarily creation related - but also materials dealing with sexual purity, escape from the addiction to pornography, a study guide for Christian living aimed at teenage girls, and a Christian adventure series for youth.
My background is in scientific research. I worked as a research leader for Dow Chemical for 27 years and have 17 patents. Now, I lecture frequently on the subject of creation and biblical history, and have spoken over 600 times in 12 countries. We have given away over 50,000 books to students and prisoners – every student who attends one of our lectures always receives the free resource of one of our books.
7) Talk about your fiction series and why you added that genre to your catalog.
Our youth need quality Christ-affirming materials in all venues. But let’s face it, typical Christian literature is all too often preachy and poorly written. The Freelandia adventure series is the Christian alternative to the Harry Potter and vampire fascination which has swept through the youth culture. I published this series because it is simply a phenomenally well-told story which keeps you wanting to know what is going to happen next. You fall in love with the fascinating principle characters (a young orphan with phenomenal musical talent, an ancient warrior in charge of a tiny nations hopelessly outnumber defenses, and a young man gifted with the ability to discern the outcome of current actions of future events). This Christian adventure trilogy is the epitome of a fast-paced page-turner yet the heroes truly desire to trust God in the midst of hopeless situations. A central theme woven throughout the books is the effect of a supernaturally, musically-gifted person to lift people beyond the natural concerns of life with her music. The results change individuals and entire nations in the process. Quoting the music director of a major church, “I have never read a more exciting Christian adventure portraying the power of worship to transform the lives of individuals (and entire nations) as it central theme. Once started, I couldn’t put it down! I highly recommend this book to anyone from 8 to 108.”
Our youth need quality Christ-affirming materials in all venues. But let’s face it, typical Christian literature is all too often preachy and poorly written. The Freelandia adventure series is the Christian alternative to the Harry Potter and vampire fascination which has swept through the youth culture. I published this series because it is simply a phenomenally well-told story which keeps you wanting to know what is going to happen next. You fall in love with the fascinating principle characters (a young orphan with phenomenal musical talent, an ancient warrior in charge of a tiny nations hopelessly outnumber defenses, and a young man gifted with the ability to discern the outcome of current actions of future events). This Christian adventure trilogy is the epitome of a fast-paced page-turner yet the heroes truly desire to trust God in the midst of hopeless situations. A central theme woven throughout the books is the effect of a supernaturally, musically-gifted person to lift people beyond the natural concerns of life with her music. The results change individuals and entire nations in the process. Quoting the music director of a major church, “I have never read a more exciting Christian adventure portraying the power of worship to transform the lives of individuals (and entire nations) as it central theme. Once started, I couldn’t put it down! I highly recommend this book to anyone from 8 to 108.”
8) What future plans do you have for book acquisitions/ideas?Our most popular books are creation related. We have two books (A Closer Look at the Evidence and Inspired Evidence) which are laid out in devotional format - with a short interesting evidence for the reality of biblical creation on each page - from 26 different areas of science and knowledge. Over 80,000 of these books are in circulation and our next publication will complete this series as a trilogy of creation devotional evidences. As a set, these books will document over 1000 different examples of why we can trust God’s Word to mean what it says.
Our full color hardcovers have shown why the Bible is scientifically accurate (Censored Science) and why the timeline of the Biblical is absolutely historically accurate (Brilliant: Made in the image of God). I am just starting a third full color hardcover which deals with another aspect of how mankind has been made in the image of God – we have been given the freedom of choice. This is the opposite of what evolution implies. If evolution is true then mankind is simply the product of chemical processes. Ultimately life has no meaning and we are just complex chemicals doing what chemical randomly came together to do. Thus in a broad philosophical sense, we ultimately have no choice nor are we ultimately responsible for our choices.
By being made in the image of God and given the freedom to accept or reject God, we were also created with a brain which is capable of rejecting or accepting the truth. Once we trade the truth for a lie we can reach the point where we fail to see the obvious truth even when it is right in front of our face. I plan to document examples through history of how rejection of the truth and departure from obvious biblical principles has blinded people and cultures to reality and has caused enormous and tragic damage. Our current age is being blinded by an acceptance of evolutionary principles and its accompanying timescale. This is the foundation battle raging within our culture. All other symptoms of our decaying morality (abortion, homosexuality, increasing crime, suicides, etc…) can be traced to the rejection of God’s Word as a basis for meaning and morality - and this rejection of God’s Word can be traced to the rejection of creation and the early parts of the Bible.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Saved by the Fireman by Allie Pleiter
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
ABOUT THE BOOK
Charlotte Taylor isn't good at playing it safe. Reeling from the sudden loss of her job and her beloved grandmother, Charlotte knows buying a dilapidated cottage in Gordon Falls isn't exactly practical. Especially since she just hired the one man who may love the property more than she does to help renovate it. Volunteer firefighter and part-time contractor Jesse Sykes can't stay mad at Charlotte for very long. Though she snatched up the home he'd planned on purchasing, Charlotte's dreams are big enough for both of them…if only she'd let him in. Charlotte promised she'd never fall for a first responder, but is it already too late?
Gordon Falls: Hearts ablaze in a small town
If you would like to read the first chapter of Saved by the Fireman, go HERE
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good by Jan Karon - REVIEWED
About the Book:
After five hectic years of retirement from Lord’s Chapel, Father Tim Kavanagh returns with his wife, Cynthia, from a so-called pleasure trip to the land of his Irish ancestors.
While glad to be at home in Mitford, something is definitely missing: a pulpit. But when he’s offered one, he decides he doesn’t want it. Maybe he’s lost his passion.
His adopted son, Dooley, wrestles with his own passion—for the beautiful and gifted Lace Turner, and his vision to become a successful country vet. Dooley’s brother, Sammy, still enraged by his mother’s abandonment, destroys one of Father Tim’s prized possessions. And Hope Murphy, owner of Happy Endings bookstore, struggles with the potential loss of her unborn child and her hard-won business.
All this as Wanda’s Feel Good Café opens, a romance catches fire through an Internet word game, their former mayor hatches a reelection campaign to throw the bums out, and the weekly Muse poses a probing inquiry: Does Mitford still take care of its own?
Millions of fans will applaud the chance to spend time, once more, in the often comic and utterly human presence of Jan Karon’s characters. Indeed, they have never been more sympathetic, bighearted, and engaging.
My Thoughts:
Well folks, Jan Karon has just won my redoubled adoration! Her Mitford series is one of only two series I've read multiple times. Actually, I just looked at my copies, and all of the books are ragged. When I heard Karon had published another book set in Mitford I couldn't purchase it fast enough! It was like going home for a visit. Hours spent with good friends. Time melted away, and I was home.
I laughed out loud several times as Father Tim gathered with the menfolks at the cafe! And Lord Have Mercy at the new fad in town that had everyone color-coded! Another ridiculously common event that, if you think about it, is easily identified in your own life - just maybe in a different form! And the contest in the paper, and the way everyone cared for Hope, and Dooley and Lace figuring out life from a college kid's point of view, and the way Dooley helps Cynthia and Tim care for his siblings. and dear old Harley and his landlady Helene. Just like going home!
This has been one of several, rather lengthy, pauses that I have taken in my fiction schedule. This was a balm to my soul and renewed my heart to face the very un-Mitford like world that I must face. I am encouraged to pray the prayer that never fails and keep the faith! I know God cares about the details in my life just as he does for those who inhabit Mitford. That's why I am so drawn to this book - this series. Jan Karon puts flesh on faith, and the citizens of Mitford walk out their faith in very imperfect, but real ways! God moves in their hearts and among their heart aches to accomplish what only He can do! This will preach folks!! So amazingly real and honest!
If you've never been introduced to this amazing series, what are you waiting for!???
About the Author:
Jan Karon
Monday, November 3, 2014
Daily Audio Bible Invites You to Experience Israel in Vivid Clarity with PROMISED LAND on Blu-ray and DVD
(NASHVILLE, Tennessee) -- Whether you’ve been to the land of the Bible or always wanted to go, you’ve never experienced it like this before. Three years in the making, Daily Audio Bible is proud to present “Promised Land” - a feature-length cinematic achievement and a sweeping masterpiece. For a limited time, “Promised Land” is available on Blu-ray and DVD exclusively at DailyAudioBible.com, and each order comes with a free soundtrack CD while supplies last. See the places you’ve imagined and read about in Scripture filmed in vivid high definition from angles never seen before. “Promised Land” immerses you in the stories of the Bible, where they happened, as author and leader of the Daily Audio Bible, Brian Hardin, takes you from the wilderness to the Galilee and out onto the coastal plain before entering the most holy city in the world...Jerusalem. The history and geography of the Bible will come alive as the Scriptures unfold before your eyes. Says Hardin, “The Biblical locations in Israel have been filmed plenty of times but when we set out to create this project, we didn’t just want to document it - that’s been done. We wanted to capture its beauty and the way it feels to be there. ‘Promised Land’ connects the history and stories to the places where they happened in short, concise vignettes allowing people who might never consider visiting Israel to truly see the beauty of this rich, historic place.” Tom Doyle, e3 Partners’ Middle East Director and author of the Thomas Nelson best-seller, "Dreams and Visions,” (who has led over 70 trips to Israel) endorsed “Promised Land” following an advance screening: "I must say that I was pretty overwhelmed to see the quality of 'Promised Land.' It made me feel like the first time that I journeyed to Israel. After the first two minutes I sat back in my chair and said out loud, 'They got it! They understand the miracle of Israel. They got it!'" With over 1.5 million listens monthly and over 70 million downloads, Daily Audio Bible (www.dailyaudiobible.com) is one of the most-listened-to podcasts in the world. Created by Hardin in 2006, Daily Audio Bible is one of the world wide web’s biggest success stories. For more information on “Promised Land” and to view the official trailer, visit http://promisedland.media.
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