February 5, 2018 Edition

U.S. Chaplains slated to open both days of the ECPA Leadership Summit

Barry C. Black, the current and 62nd chaplain of the U.S. Senate, will officially open the ECPA Leadership Summit on Tuesday, May 1st at the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC. Former senior Army chaplain for the Pentagon Charles Causey will open the second day of programming on May 2nd.  The 2-day event, held at the newly opened state of the art museum devoted to the global influence of the Bible, will also feature The Becket Fund’s Montse Alvarado, Mart Green, YouVersion’s Bobby Gruenewald, professor Alan Jacobs, NPD’s Kristen McLean, pastor Bryan Loritts, Michele Sanchez, and more.

Early bird registration is now open.  Save $200 off each registration by registering before March 15. Additional discounts are available to ECPA members and multi-attendees from the same company.  Your Leadership Summit registration automatically grants you admission into the Museum of the Bible, but you will want to plan early for other museums you may want to visit while in DC.  For instance, timed entry passes for the new National Museum of African American History and Culture will be released this Wednesday, February 7th at 9 am ET for May — and they go fast!

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Announcing February's bestselling Christian books and Bibles

It’s human nature to desire new beginnings, especially at the beginning of the year. That principle is reflected in ECPA’s Top 50 Bestsellers list for February, showing POS sales for January as compiled by NPD BookScan. Six of the Top 10 books in the overall Top 50 list could be classified as “fresh start.”

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Free ECPA member webinar held Wednesday on automating royalties

MetaComet Systems, the pioneering provider of royalty management solutions for the publishing industry, will host a new webinar hosted by company President David Marlin on Wednesday February 7 at 1pm EST.  The webinar will show publishers in the ECPA community how MetaComet’s services can make their royalty processes simpler, faster and more accurate.

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Sparkhouse author Ruth Goring interviewed on WBEZ Chicago

Ruth Goring grew up in Colombia within a Christian missionary family. She left as a young adult but Goring still frequents Colombia to advocate for human and civil rights for Colombians. She recently returned from a cathartic trip to Colombia with her siblings. It was their first time together in Southern Colombia since their childhoods. Goring’s new children’s book, Adriana’s Angels, is part auto-biographical. It’s the story of a little girl who benefits from Godly intervention as her family heads to Chicago, forced to flee Colombia as refugees from violence, oppression and war.  Listen to the full interview here.

Sadie Robertson “Lives Fearless” by finding her authenticity in Christ 

Star of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars and A&E’s Duck Dynasty, Sadie Robertson joins the Jesus Calling podcast to share her journey of finding freedom through being real and vulnerable to God and to others. Her newest book, Live Fearless: A Call to Power, Passion, and Purpose (Thomas Nelson) releases in February 2018.  Listen at jesuscalling.com/podcast.

Touré Roberts finds Wholeness in Christ 

Pastor of The Potter’s House in Los Angeles and Denver, Touré Roberts joins the Jesus Calling podcast to talk about his background growing up with a single mom in an at-risk area of Los Angeles and how we can overcome our limitations and begin the journey to being whole in Christ. Roberts’ new book, Wholeness: Winning in Life from the Inside Out (Zondervan) releases in February 2018.  Listen at jesuscalling.com/podcast.

Bible Gateway interviews Pete Scazzero, author of "Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Updated Edition"

What does healthy spirituality look like? How is it achieved? How can you slow down to develop a truly transformational relationship with Christ? Pete Scazzero says Christians cannot grow spiritually while remaining emotionally immature because our souls and psyches are inextricably linked. Bible Gateway interviewed Pete Scazzero (@petescazzero) about his book, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Updated Edition (Zondervan, 2017).  Read this interview.

Bible Gateway interviews Esther Fleece, author of "No More Faking Fine: Ending the Pretending"

If you’ve ever been given empty clichés during challenging times, you know how painful it can feel to be misunderstood by well-meaning people. Far too often, it seems the response we get to our hurt and disappointment is to suck it up, or pray it away. But Scripture reveals a God who meets us where we are, not where we pretend to be. Bible Gateway interviewed Esther Fleece (@EstherFleece) about her book, No More Faking Fine: Ending the Pretending (Zondervan, 2017).  Read this interview.