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Get in the right mindset for Christmas

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Calling all bloggers!  Two Christmas titles are  now available for review! We are offering two of our books from Christmases past for those of you who may not have had the opportunity to review them before. We hope they will become traditional favorites for your families just like they are for ours. Read more about the books below, then click here to request copies. Guide kids and their families into the heart of Christmas with this gospel-focused, four-week Advent curriculum.  Prepare Him Room  by children’s best-selling author Marty M...

Pearls of Christmas Wisdom from Cara Putman and Steve Estes

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Welcome to the 12 Pearls of Christmas blog series ! Merry Christmas from Pearl Girls™ ! We hope you enjoy these Christmas “Pearls of Wisdom” from the authors who were so kind to donate their time and talents! If you miss a few posts, you’ll be able go back through and read them on this blog throughout the next few days. We’re giving away a pearl necklace in celebration of the holidays, as well as some items from the contributors! Enter now below. The winner will be announced on January 2, 2014, at the Pearl Girls blog . If you are unfamiliar with Pearl Girls™, please visit www.pearlgirls.info and see what we’re all about. In short, we exist to support the work of charities that help women and children in the US and around the globe. Consider purchasing a copy of Mother of Pearl , Pearl Girls: Encountering Grit, Experiencing Grace , or one of the Pearl Girls products (all GREAT gifts!) to help support Pearl Girls. *** My Gift to Him by Cara Putman As Christmas near...

In Search of A Better December

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Given the official launch into the holiday season this week, I offer  interview with Steven Estes,  Author of A Better December The shopping, the family get-togethers, the office Christmas party, the decorating, the memories of loved ones who are no longer with us . . . What should be the happiest time of the year often becomes a stressful, anxiety-ridden, and emotional season for many who are seeking perfection and trying to meet unrealistic expectations. But December doesn’t have get the better of us. In A Better December: Proverbs to Brighten Christmas (New Growth Press/October 2013/ISBN 978-1-936768-67-7 /$12.99) , pastor and author Steven Estes offers gems of Solomon’s proverbial wisdom to help readers find the joy and celebration we all desire for the Christmas season. Even though Solomon lived long before Christ, and three thousand years prior to our modern observance of Christmas, his wisdom is timeless and remarkably applicable to those who long to find t...

Are you hoping and praying for A Better December?

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Author Steven Estes applies the wisdom of Proverbs to help readers rediscover the joys of Christmas The shopping, the family get-togethers, the office Christmas party, the decorating, the memories of loved ones who are no longer with us . . . What should be the happiest time of the year often becomes a stressful, anxiety-ridden, and emotional season for many who are seeking perfection and trying to meet unrealistic expectations. But December doesn’t have to get the better of us. In A Better December: Proverbs to Brighten Christmas ( New Growth Press , October 2013, ISBN 978-1-936768-67-7, $12.99) , pastor Steven Estes offers gems of Solomon’s proverbial wisdom to help readers find the joy and celebration we all desire for the Christmas season. Even though Solomon lived long before Christ, and three thousand years prior to our modern observance of Christmas, his wisdom is timeless and remarkably applicable to those who long to find themselves refreshed and renewed instead ...