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Practicing the Way’s Brandon Shields to publish with WaterBrook

JANUARY 21, 2026 – WaterBrook will publish Director of Church Formation at Practicing the Way, Brandon Shields’ PRACTICING THE WAY OF JESUS TOGETHER, addressing the crisis of discipleship in modern churches and providing a framework for implementing spiritual formation.

World rights were acquired by Drew Dixon and Campbell Wharton for WaterBrook, in an exclusive submission by Mike Salisbury and Matt Yates, at Yates & Yates.

For rights inquiries, contact Denise Cronin decronin@penguinrandomhouse.com

WaterBrook is an imprint of Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC.

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