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Kind Words from Shannon Popkin
How we met... I remember vividly the first time I heard her name. I was taking a personal retreat for Maundy Thursday but had set aside time for a call with a literary agent I was trying to impress. Blythe Daniel told me that Kregel Publishing had used a new hybrid book and Bible study format with great success with an author named Shannon Popkin. As soon as I Googled her, I wanted to be her friend. First, we have the same haircut. Second, she's brilliant. Shannon is super sharp but so...
“Cup of Hope” Launch Team!
I've always said that living my books is hard and writing them is easy, but selling them is the hardest part of all. Truth is, without a team of people committed to spreading the word, most books gather dust on warehouse shelves. I firmly believe Can I Borrow a Cup of Hope? How to Find Faith for Hard Times in 1 Peter will bring hope and healing to readers facing the end of the world as they know it. It's deep, yet accessible. It confronts suffering, doubt, and worry with grace and truth. It's...
Kind Words from Jennifer Rothschild
How we met... I met Jennifer and her husband, Dr. Phil, at the Proverbs 31 She Speaks Conference in 2009. She was superstar, yet so approachable. I won a door prize at her session and signed up for womensminstry.net, which they founded to equip women in ministry to lead well. This chance encounter led to wonderful friendships with Jennifer, Dr. Phil, and the WM staff - and an invitation to write for her ministry. Jennifer's belief in me and the opportunity she generously gave me was...
100 Ways To Engage Your Neighborhood
When Josh Reeves made a list of 100 ways to engage your neighborhood. He said: "I have found that it is often helpful to have practical ideas to start engaging the people around me. Most of the things on this list are normal, everyday things that many people are already doing. The hope is that we would do these things with Gospel intentionality. This means we do them: In the normal rhythms of life pursuing to meet and engage new people Prayerfully watching and listening to the Holy Spirit to...
How Not to Love Your Neighbor
After a twenty year hiatus, I returned to Jesus wholeheartedly. After two decades walking without Him, I was all into The Greatest Commandment. He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment.” Matthew 22:37-38 The Second Greatest Commandment took me a little while longer. “The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” Matthew 22:39 Jesus was being quizzed...
