Do you believe God has given you a story, memoir song, poem, children’s book or screen play to write? Since I’ve become an author, I’ve been approached by scores of people asking me about writing or getting published. Some just want to write for enjoyment, others have a burning message or a great story that is screaming to be written.   But where do you start? Once upon a time, there was a CPA (me) whose friend commented, “You guys have the funniest stories. You should write them down.” So I did. Forty two of them. My stories became a […]

The new parenting book Got kids? Take notes! written by Norma Smoker and Rachel Smoker-Cox was launched May 7, 2013. Got kids? Take notes! represents a compilation of Smoker’s experiences and knowledge gained while hosting a radio show, where she interviewed best-selling authors, doctors, psychologists, and internationally-known Fortune 500 speakers. It also draws on Smoker’s extensive work with family outreach organizations and, most importantly, raising her two daughters. Each vignette brings warm, interesting insights to parents facing the challenges of raising children at different stages. Comments like “You are not simply raising children; you are bringing them up to become […]

Of the six books local pastor Tullian Tchividjian has written, including the bestselling and award winning Jesus + Nothing = Everything, he considers his most recent project “the book I was born to write.” One Way Love, which is being released through publisher David C. Cook on October 1, is Tchividjian’s self-described “gospel bomb” in which he masterfully weaves together rock solid theology with engaging – and sometimes brutally honest – stories of how the one-way love of God has transformed him during times of personal struggle and weakness. The endorsements found in the first few pages of One Way […]

Released in January, 40 Days for Life: Discover What God Has Done… Imagine What He Can Do is a book that is bringing hope and fresh enthusiasm to the pro-life effort. It documents peaceful vigils, prayer and fasting, and community outreach campaigns at the local level, which has been changing the face of the pro-life movement. Authors David Bereit and Shawn Carney write about the 2004 launch of the first 40 Days for Life campaign in College Station, Texas, where the pro-life movement was dwindling. At the same time, it appeared that “Planned Parenthood was picking up speed.” While praying […]

Apart from reading the Bible, there is arguably no better way to grow in your knowledge of God and his Word than by digging into a godly book. Here are a few recommendations from the Good News staff that are well worth the $10 Amazon purchase. Prodigal God by Timothy Keller Anyone who has been a Christian for more than five minutes has heard the biblical parable of the prodigal son. The overwhelming majority of the time, the storyteller recounting these words of Jesus zeroes in on the fall and redemption of the son who was wayward and wild. In […]