Sarah Hamaker and Karen Whiting Hit the News Stands

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Recently 2 of our Christian Authors Network members hit the news stands in both newspaper and magazines. Catch those articles below… Once Kids Enter the Picture, Can Parents Still Entertain?, Sarah Hamaker, The Washington Post, March 23, Online here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/once-kids-enter-the-picture-can-parents-still-entertain/2017/03/20/8278732a-fec6-11e6-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html?utm_term=.432bcc23780e Women’s History Month: Southeast Female Alumni Make History, The Arrow Newspaper Molly Green,  No Two Kids Are Alike—Teaching To Your Child’s Personality, Karen Whiting Princess of Purpose by Karen Whiting Focus on the Family Magazine

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Heritage of Truth Internet TV

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Heritage of Truth Internet TV, Produced and Hosted by CAN member Jeanne Dennis Click on the title links below to watch the interviews with Christian Authors Network members. You can also learn more about each member by clicking on their name. Jane S. Daly, Time for Hope (show link) Crystal Bowman on Teaching Children Spiritual Truths (show link) Dianne Barker interviewed by Angela Breidenbach: A Journey of Faith (show link) Twila Belk interviewed by Jeanne Dennis: Spiritual Encouragement for Caregivers (show link) Anita Brooks on Getting Through What You Can’t Get Over (show link) Craig von Buseck: Fishers of Men  Karen Whiting on Raising a Young Modern…

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NEW RELEASE: 52 WEEKLY DEVOTIONS FOR BUSY FAMILIES BY KAREN WHITING

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52 Weekly Devotions for Busy Families March 2017 ISBN-13: 9781628625080 Help your family grow spiritually, bond, and have fun with these weekly devotions. Each week will focus on one character trait or kid issue. Choose from a variety of hands-on activities, chats, and even art journaling (for creating a family spiritual scrapbook) to fit your schedule. Each week also includes one short devotional story (1-2 minutes), a suggested Bible story, and a prayer. You choose weekly how much time to invest and which activities to do.   About the Author: International speaker, former television host, and author of twenty-three books for…

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NEW RELEASE: Christmas is Coming: Waiting is Hard by Karen Whiting

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  Christmas is Coming: Waiting is Hard by Karen Whiting Abingdon Press, September 20, 2016 ISBN: 978-1501824722 Focus on Jesus at Christmas! Daily devotions around the nativity scriptures and prophecies accompany simple activities to do. Every devotional includes a prayer and Christmas song to add joy to the season. Plus, each day explore scriptural connections to familiar Christmas symbols. Discover more about the history of the crimson, Jesse tree, and advent wreath. Enjoy celebrating while decking the halls with angels, stockings, crowns, candy canes, and other festive decorations. Above all, gather together daily to focus on Jesus and the reason for…

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NEW RELEASE: RAISING A YOUNG MODERN DAY PRINCESS BY DOREEN HANNA AND KAREN WHITING

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Raising A Young Modern Day Princess  By Doreen Hanna & Karen Whiting Tyndale House Publishers September 1, 2016 ISBN:  978-1-58997-866-9   Authors Doreen Hanna and Karen Whiting engage parents through insightful, heartwarming and sometimes humorous stories of how, or how not to, establish the fruit of the spirit, in their daughters (ages 4-10) lives. Over 100 practical application activities are included throughout the book. A bonus addition to the book is the Dad’s Tool Box that is present in each chapter. This journey ends with a special blessing ceremony, celebrating their knowledge and the growth of the fruit of the…

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E-mail Newsletters

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Author, speaker, and sidewalk theologian, Cheri Cowell, is passionate about discipleship and challenging the body of Christ to holiness of heart and life. As the author of four books: Parables and Word Pictures in the Following God Bible study series (AMG), Direction: Discernment for the Decisions of Your Life (Beacon Hill), Living the Story: Reaching Outside the Church Walls (EABooks Publishing), and her newest release from Zondervan, 365 Days for Peace, Cheri’s love of story and the Holy Word shines through. E-mail newsletters are now listed as the most effective way of reaching a fan base. Yet most authors don’t…

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NEW RELEASE: MARCH 2016 NATURE PUPPET BIBLE MANIA BY KAREN WHITING

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Nature Puppet Bible Mania March 14, 2016 Release This handbook is full of construction ideas, technique, character voice advice, and Bible story skits for a wide variety of animal and nature puppet characters. The construction materials recommended are easy to find, and include foam, felt, cloth, paper, cardboard, gloves, wigs, boxes, sacks, and various dollar store items. The book includes drawings, patterns, and pictures to assist in helping make the various characters take shape. Lists of ideas for using each puppet to teach nature facts, character traits, and biblical truths will inspire puppeteers to create skits.

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Tips from the Pros: Karen Whiting

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Greetings from Marti Pieper in not-as-chilly-as-last-week Mount Dora, Florida! I first met Karen Whiting several years ago at the Florida Christian Writers Conference, just a few miles away from my home. I’ll be back there again in a few weeks to serve as conference chaplain and to teach a three-hour class on memoir. And Karen has gone on since then to do what she does best: speak, teach, and publish more books and articles than almost anyone I know. Let’s dig into her interview right away so you can learn more about this award-winning author.  

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NEW RELEASE JANUARY 2016 — 365 DEVOTIONS FOR HOPE BY KAREN WHITING

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Short daily meditations bring simple messages of hope. Each devotion uses a word image to illustrate an uplifting thought. Topics relate to seasons as well as struggles and the future that include the hope of new dreams, restoration, overcoming difficulties, and renewal. Anchors, spring flowers, candles, chocolate, a soothing touch, encouraging words, and other timeless images and touches remind us of hope and God’s love. The weaving of appropriate scriptures adds to the depth of discovering lasting hope.

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In Marketing, One Cut Leads to a Paste Somewhere

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A few scenarios might have seemed frustrating, but easily turned to fodder for marketing My editor had me find and use a quote daily for a devotional and then changed it to scriptures I did tons of research for each day’s devotion for a historic nonfiction (Stories of Faith and Courage From the Home Front) and had folders of excess info Another editor cut content and had me add other content I realized each time that I had plenty of material for social networking. I had a whole database of historic dates I blogged about. I had quotes on my…

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