Green
by Ted Dekker

Green is a great book that completes all the History Chronicles: the Lost Books, the Paradise Books, and, more specifically, the Circle Series. As in Black, Red, and White, the main character, Thomas Hunter is still fighting battles between good and evil…The Circle and the Horde. Except this time not with swords, but with compassion, despite the rejection of his son, Samuel, and others that are in doubt of Elyon’s plans.

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CHASING CHARITY
by Marcia Gruver

Charity Bloom’s fiancé has left her stranded at the altar and ran off with Charity’s best friend. Charity is humiliated, but is forced to show her face in public to run errands in town. There, among the gossips and the sympathetic ears she meets newcomer to town, Buddy Pierce. Buddy is looking for someplace to stay and all the hotel rooms are rented out. He heard that Charity’s mother rents rooms so he trails Charity home. There he discovers Ms. Bloom covered in black soil…and upon investigation, Buddy discovers a rich oil field on the Bloom’s property. Buddy hopes the discovery will help the widow and her daughter out of their poverty… But now Charity’s former fiancé is back in the picture, all apologetic for leaving Charity standing at the altar. But Daniel has three obstacles to overcome to re-win Charity’s heart—a manipulative mama, a spurned lover, and the stranger by her side.

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DANIEL’S DEN
by Brandt Dodson

Daniel Borden and Laura Traynor live in different areas of the country and live very different lives. Daniel is a successful and wealthy stock broker in New Orleans, while Laura owns a floundering bed and breakfast in the Shenandoah Valley, while struggling to make ends meet by working two jobs and raise her young son, Andy. Laura wouldn’t have said life was good, she was still deeply in debt from her husband’s unsuccessful treatment of cancer, and struggling to make payments on the bed and breakfast. Daniel had a good life, perfect in most every way. He’d never married and lived alone with his dog, Elvis.

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Learn to Study the Bible
by Andy Deane

BOOK DESCRIPTION:

Pastor Andy Deane’s new book teaches you forty different step-by-step Bible study methods to help you discover, apply and enjoy God’s Word. Each practical method has a handwritten example to demonstrate it and make it easy for you to follow the steps. Learn how to study the Bible with so much variety that you’ll never get into the rut that routine brings ever again. Learn to Study the Bible has more Bible study methods than any other book out there!

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The Church of Facebook, by Jesse Rice from David C. Cook on Vimeo.

Ann, describe yourself for our visitors.

I’m a wife, mother of four, and an author. For more objectivity, I asked my family to pick some words to describe me. They said: “creative,” “fun,” “ideas,” “learner,” “a good teacher,” and “encouraging.” I do love to be creative, think, learn, and encourage others. But I wish one of the words had to do with my love of the Lord, because I seek to yield myself entirely to the Lord Himself so that everything I do, say, and think flows from and through Him.

How do you find time to connect with God?

Living a “not so fast” life helps. Because I’m not in frantic mode, I am able to sustain a pace that’s slow enough to connect with God—when we live life in overdrive, it’s much harder for our hearts and minds to turn to Him. Carving out solitude is important for me—I try for mornings, but I often journal, read Scripture and pray at night.

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In the Arms of Immortals, by Ginger Garrett from David C. Cook on Vimeo.

Linda, describe yourself for our visitors.

I am a child of God, a parent, grandparent, a writer, a voracious reader, a curriculum designer, a too-long-every-day-commuter, a good friend, an avid learner, a collector of U.S. counties and of books by and about first ladies. I love to talk, to be silent, to write, to think, to play ping pong, to take pictures and laugh. I’m a workaholic, but I love what I do, so it seems right. I am a Chicago girl through and through (yes, I’ve been a Cub fan since sixth grade.)

At age five, I told people I would someday be a pastor’s wife (like my mom) and a writer (like my dad). I grew up and did both. I was a pastor’s wife for 35 years until my husband passed away from cancer 3 years ago. I have written a couple thousand devotionals, articles and short stories. This is my 13^th book. I am senior curriculum designer of U.S. Programs for Awana which means I have written a lot of material for our clubs and teen ministries.

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