May 15, 2012


Featured in this main issue: Tim Tebow & mom are interviewed on Good Morning America and Jeremy Lin-focused author, Mike Yorkey, is featured on Sonoma Christian Home. Meanwhile, Craig Groeschel is interviewed by The Christian Post; Chris Spielman and Nancy Rue both get excerpted; Amy Clipston lands on a panel; and Ann Voskap gets shortlisted for an award. Also, Andrea Palpant Dilley pens a blog post for CNN and Rick Warren uncovers some uncomfortable family history. Finally, in today’s “More News,” see the semi-vast roundup of Zondervan book reviews across the Web!

  1. Good Morning America hosts Tim Tebow & Mom for Mother’s Day memories & favorite family dishes

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    « Tim Tebow may be a football rock star and best-selling author, but at heart, the New York Jets quarterback is just a boy who loves his mother. In an interview with Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts that aired on the show [on Mother’s Day], Tebow and his mother, Pamela Tebow, shared some fond Mother’s Day memories.… »

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  2. Interview with Linspired author, Mike Yorkey

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    « Kevin James Richardson chats with Christian author Mike Yorkey about his beginnings as a writer, the Tebow media splash, and his latest book, Linspired.… »

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  3. Excerpt: Chris Spielman’s That’s Why I’m Here

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    « In That’s Why I’m Here, Spielman traces his storied career, recalls his courtship of Stefanie Belcher, cherishes the growth of their four children, and invokes the deep spiritual faith that gave their family wisdom and comfort in times of struggle. Here is an excerpt… »

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  4. Interview: Craig Groeschel on Soul Detox & taking God’s Word seriously

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    « Craig Groeschel, considered one of the most influential pastors in the country, wants to help Christians open their eyes to all the "spiritual trash" that has accumulated in their lives.… »

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  5. Amy Clipston—Reckless Hearts & The G-ZONE

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    « Amy Clipston will be part of a large panel of Amish authors that I will have as guests on The G-ZONE, my blogtalk radio show, on May 19th @ 5PM EST. The other authors scheduled to appear are Amazon Kindle Best-Selling authors: Karen Anna Vogel, Roger Rheinheimer, Crystal Linn, Isaac & Sarah Martin, George Michael Loughmueller, Theresa Ricci, De Miller, and Mark Miller.… »
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    Amy Clipston: Old Friends — A Life of Joy via Family Fiction

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  6. My Faith: Returning to church, despite my doubts

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    « During my junior year in college, I took a butter knife from my mother’s kitchen and scraped the Christian fish decal off the back bumper of the Plymouth hatchback I’d inherited from my older brother. Stripping off that sticker foreshadowed the day, a few years later, that I would walk out of church.… »

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  7. Rick Warren’s family roots reveal surprises during PBS show, Finding Your Roots

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    « A look into the ancestral family history of Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren produced for an episode of the PBS series “Finding Your Roots” revealed at least two big surprises for the renowned evangelical leade…Warren had several relatives rooted in church leadership positions dating back to the nation’s founding. However, perhaps more shocking was the discovery of a great grandfather dating back three generations with a profession viewed as less than admirable today – a slave owner.… »

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  8. Excerpt: The Whole Guy Thing by Nancy Rue

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    « The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from chapter 1 of The Whole Guy Thing: What Every Girl Needs to Know about Crushes, Friendship, Relating, and Dating by Nancy Rue and available from Zondervan.… »
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    Review: My review copy of The Whole Guy Thing is here! via Inside the mind of a Bibliophile

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  9. Ann Voskamp shortlisted as finalist in Canadian Christian Writing Awards

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    « New finalist, Ann Voskamp of Gowenstown, Ontario, whose New York Times bestselling book One Thousand Gifts (Zondervan) is shortlisted in the Inspirational/Devotional category is in good company with former Tarr Award recipient and winner Connie Brummel Crook of Peterborough, Ontario, whose book Flight (Fitzhenry & Whiteside) is listed for three categories—Children, Young Adult, and Historical.… »
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    Review: Finding eucharisteo in 1,000 Gifts via Thimbleful of Time

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  10. May 15, 2012 — More News

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    « In this “extra” issue: HuffPost gives some attention to Dominique Dawes; L.L. Samson, Lisa Williams Kline, and Tim Shoemaker talk about their craft; Archbishop Tuto sends off a new raft of graduates while Phil Yancey and NT Wright prepares for their own rafts of collegiates and book signings. Tony Campolo signs a litter to his grandchildren. Passages author, Brian Hardin, is getting his radio and reading audience together for coffee. The ECPA recognized JRW Stoff for a lifetime achievement award. Mouw gives guidance on engaging with Mormons. Jill Marie Landis lands an interview, and we conclude with a roundup of reviews from across the Web.… »

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Note: This is a collection of recent stories and news items mentioning authors who have published with Zondervan. This list is not comprehensive, it is not always ‘positive,’ and the order of the stories is arbitrary. The views and opinions expressed in this content do not necessarily reflect the positions or opinions of Zondervan, its authors, agents, employees, or leadership.

May 01, 2012


Featuring: Ben Carson, Chuck Colson, Cathleen Falsani, Craig Groeschel, Jeremy Lin, Max Lucado, Joel Manby, Nancy Tillman, Desmond Tutu, Ann Voskamp, Ben Witherington III and Mike Yorkey.

  1. Zondervan Signs Tutu for new children’s book

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    « Zondervan has signed Nobel Peace Prize-winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu to collaborate with bestselling author and illustrator Nancy Tillman to produce a picture book telling the creation story from Tutu’s Children of God Storybook Bible, which he published with Zondervan in 2010. Tillman will illustrate Tutu’s narrative. Zondervan holds world rights and plans to release the book in spring 2014.… »

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  2. Which Charles Colson died last week?

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    « Some stories that reported the death of Charles Colson last week explained him as the hatchet man for President Richard Nixon in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Colson wound up going to prison for Watergate-related crimes. Other stories noted him as a criminal justice reformer who befriended prisoners and thought many inmates didn’t need to be behind bars.… »
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    Chuck Colson never left prison via The Christian Post
    Statement about Chuck Colson via Ravi Zacharias
    Charles Colson’s "ecumenism of the trenches" via the National Catholic Register

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  3. Ann Voskamp: farm wife & publishing phenom

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    « Voskamp is a writer for DaySpring, Hallmark’s inspirational division, and a farmer’s wife who has always kept journals. She began a blog on a friend’s dare as a way of working out fears, including agoraphobia, by counting blessings–a thousand of them. “It was no comments, no site meter,” Voskamp says. “I wasn’t trying to get a platform at all.” The blog eventually attracted the attention of an agent, Bill Jensen. She wasn’t even sure it was a book; she calls her writing style “idiosyncratic” and offers the word “prosetry” in describing it.… »
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    Never enough time via Religion News Service
    Poet/writer Ann Voskamp plants a purposeful life via The Rapdian

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  4. Blackbeard & Ben Carson: elementary students hone speech-making skills

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    « Ben Carson may be a famous neurosurgeon today, but as a child he didn’t do so well in school. Then one day Carson realized he was smarter than he thought he was… “He inspires people,” said Nadia, who won a speech-making contest Wednesday for her report on Carson’s life. “To save lives, keep dreaming, try to finish your goals.”… »

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  5. Death brings belief home

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    « But never until this year has Witherington, 60, felt so viscerally the convictions he has tried to pass on to others — nor his opposition to theologies of pain and prosperity that he says come up empty in such moments. On Jan. 11, Witherington received a phone call with news that his daughter, Christy, 32, had been found dead in her North Carolina home.… »

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  6. Zondervan looks to be first to marketplace with adult & youth bios on NBA sensation, Jeremy Lin

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    « “I’m not exactly sure how it is all going to turn out, but I know for a fact that God has called me to be here now in the NBA. And this is the assignment that He has given me. I know I wouldn’t be here if that wasn’t the case. Just looking back, though, it’s been a huge miracle. I can see His fingerprints everywhere,” Jeremy Lin said in an interview with author Mike Yorkey in Linspired. … »

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  7. Craig Groeschel urges generations to set aside resentment

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    « “Every single thing that I am doing today in ministry is the result of those in the previous generation that invested in me,” he said during the second day of the 3-day event that ended Friday. “Everything that I am able to do to make a difference for the glory of God and for the name of the risen son Jesus is the result of those who went before me and invested in me.” Groeschel implored the older generation of Christians to believe in the younger generation and set aside “a whole lot of resentment and misunderstanding.”… »

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  8. Spiritual life: App offers Max Lucado to followers

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    « For the hundreds of thousands of Max Lucado followers who just can’t get enough of the prolific writer — there’s an app for that. The ubiquitous Lucado is now available for free at the iTunes app store. Who better than Lucado for Thomas Nelson Inc., his publisher, to launch as its first app, or application, to download on portable devices.… »

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  9. "The Big Lebowski" religion founder talks "The High Holiday" of dudeism

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    « Cathleen Falsani is a good friend of ours and actually has been bestowed the title “Dudey-Sattvah.” But aside from being a Dudeist, Cathleen is also a devout Catholic, and her audience is primarily Christian. So it makes sense that she’d employ more Judeo-Christian cognates when trying to dissect the Dude. And that’s cool, that’s cool.… »

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  10. Cover design: "Love Works"

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    « Extra Credit Projects – Newly released titling and cover design project we did for our friends at Zondervan. Simple title and no-nonsense cover for Author Joel Manby of Undercover Boss fame.… »

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  11. May 01, 2012 – More News

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    « Featuring: Jan and Mike Berenstain, Shane Claiborne, Craig Groeschel, Tim Keller, Sally Lloyd-Jones, Aaron Reynolds, Gina and Michael Spehn, Andy Stanley, and Ravi Zacharias.… »

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Note: This is a collection of recent stories and news items mentioning authors who have published with Zondervan. This list is not comprehensive, it is not always ‘positive,’ and the order of the stories is arbitrary. The views and opinions expressed in this content do not necessarily reflect the positions or opinions of Zondervan, its authors, agents, employees, or leadership.

Ann Voskamp

April 17, 2012

  1. Featuring: Gregg Allison, Karl Bacon, Mark Batterson, Terri Blackstock, Craig Blaising, Ben Carson, Chris Castaldo, Shane Claiborne, Chuck Colson, Melanie Dickerson, Anne Graham Lotz, Rachel Held Evans, Kyle Idleman, Karen Kingsbury, E.B. Lewis, Max Lucado, Frederica Mathewes-Green, DiAnn Mills, Frank Peretti, Julie Stiegemeyer, Tim Tebow, John Townsend, Ann Voskamp, and Walter Wangerin Jr.
  2. Tim Tebow says football comes after faith & family

    « While Tebow loves the game and vows to give his “heart and soul” to every single play, it’s the moments off the field that matter more, such as the time he gets to spend with a sick child.… »
  3. Chuck Colson talking, showing slow progress after surgery

    « Two weeks after brain surgery, evangelical leader Chuck Colson is able to talk to family members and continues to show progress, but he remains in the Intensive Care Unit, according to the latest update.… »
  4. Journals of gratitude prepare women for Easter

    « Voskamp’s story of writing down 1,000 things she was grateful for has earned her a spot on The New York Times bestsellers list for more than eight months and has inspired countless others to take note of their own gifts and to trust the giver.… »
  5. 2012 Christy Award nominees announced

    « First Novel: An Eye for Glory by Karl Bacon; Merchant’s Daughter by Melanie Dickerson.… »
  6. 2012 Retailers Choice Awards

    « Finalists: NIV Youth Quest Study Bible; Heaven: God’s Promise for Me by Anne Graham Lotz; The Story for Children: A Storybook Bible by Max Lucado; Ocean Adventures: The Nature of God; One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp; Not a Fan by Kyle Idleman; Leaving by Karen Kingsbury; Vicious Cycle by Terri Blackstock; The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson; Beyond Boundaries by John Townsend; The Story: Teen Edition; and Through My Eyes: Young Readers Edition by Tim Tebow.… »
  7. Festival of Faith & Writing 2012

    « This year’s plenary speakers, for which the public can purchase tickets, will include Marilynne Robinson, author of the 2005 Pultizer Prize winning book Gilead, as well as Jonathan Safran Foer and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, both of whom were featured in the New Yorker’s 2010 “20 Under 40” issue. Additionally, Calvin’s own Newbery Honor Award-winning professor Gary Schmidt and prominent activist Shane Claiborne will lead plenary sessions. … And on stage, the Calvin Theatre Company will present The Book of the Dun Cow, by Festival author Walter Wangerin Jr.… »
  8. Under the Baobab Tree, starred review

    « From the opening full-bleed, full-spread watercolor illustration of a young boy greeting the dawn in front of his grass-roofed hut with arms stretched wide toward heaven, to the final spread of a community gathered to praise God under a baobab tree’s encompassing branches, a spirit of quiet joy and wonder reverberates through this tale.… »
  9. Wheaton college hosts ‘Journeys of Faith’ Evangelicals becoming Catholic

    « Subtitled “Evangelicals Becoming Catholic: A Response,” evangelical leaders Gregg Allison, Craig Blaising and Chris Castaldo will discuss the growing number of Protestant Christians converting to Catholicism. All three participants are contributors to the book Journeys of Faith: Evangelicalism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Anglicanism (Zondervan, 2012).… »
  10. Texas Reads: Lori Wilde series set in cutting horse country

    « Abilene’s Karen Witemeyer has a new historical romance due out in June from inspirational publisher Bethany House, “Short-Straw Bride” ($14.99). Other Christian/inspirational romances due this spring from Texas authors include “My Stubborn Heart” by Becky Wade of Dallas (Bethany House, $13.99), “The Chase” by Diane [sic] Mills of Houston (Zondervan, $14.99), and “A Flight of Fancy” by Laurie Alice Eakes of Laredo (Revell, $14.99).… »
  11. Christian author explains pro-life stance

    « Mathewes-Green is the author of nine books. Her work also has appeared in major publications such as the Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times and Christianity Today.… »
  12. Guest blogger: Why we can all opt out of the ‘war on women’

    « Rachel Held Evans is a popular blogger and the author of Evolving in Monkey Town (Zondervan 2010) and the forthcoming A Year of Biblical Womanhood (Thomas Nelson, 2012). She always has a lively conversation going on at rachelheldevans.com.… »
  13. It’s all about love at the Strongsville Library this week

    « Illusion: a Novel By Frank Peretti. (Howard Books) March 2012, 498 pages. Christian author Peretti turns his hand to a time travel romance when Dane and Mandy, a popular magic act for forty years, are tragically separated by a car wreck that claims Mandy’s life-or so everyone thinks. Then Dane discovers a nineteen year young woman who is identical to his Mandy performing illusions that he can’t explain. Fans of The Time Traveler’s Wife should definitely try this one.… »
  14. New York Times best sellers

    « April 15, 2012: #30 in combined print nonfiction, America the Beautiful, by Ben Carson; #31 in combined print fiction, Loving, by Karen Kingsbury.… »

Note: This is a collection of recent stories and news items mentioning authors who have published with Zondervan. This list is not comprehensive, it is not always ‘positive,’ and the order of the stories is arbitrary. The views and opinions expressed in this content do not necessarily reflect the positions or opinions of Zondervan, its authors, agents, employees, or leadership.