Audra Jennings

For review copy and interview information, contact: Audra Jennings - audra@newgrowthpress.com - 903.874.8363 Click here to request a digital review copy. When children are scared by a storm, afraid of the dark, or wake up from a bad dream, how can you remind them of God’s protection and love? When a storm keeps Logan up one night at Grandpa’s house, Grandpa comforts him with stories about angels in the Bible who are ever at the Lord’s command.  When an incredibly powerful angel is on your side, there’s no reason to be scared or worried! Angels on Your Side  by best-selling children’s author Marty Machowski dives into a biblical exploration of God’s army of angels. Logan’s Grandpa teaches him that not only are angels real, but God uses his mighty warriors to guard him. Logan learns that God’s angels are an invincible army fighting on our behalf in the strength of the Lord. Using 3D illustrations by Rommel Ruiz to depict the spiritual realm, children ages four to seven lear...

For review copy and interview information, contact: Audra Jennings -   audra@newgrowthpress.com   - 903.874.8363 Click here to request a digital review copy. “As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you”—these were the parting instructions Jesus left his followers. Our life-changing relationship with Christ comes with a new, life-changing “sent” identity. Learn how the Spirit that sends us fills us with God’s heart to share the gospel with those near and far. In this nine-week study, discover God’s passion for local and global mission and be empowered to make Jesus known everywhere you go.   Meet with others and learn about God’s glorious redemption plan for you and all peoples of the earth, his deep love for the nations, and your place in expanding the kingdom of God. Being on mission is not a just one facet of following Jesus—it's part of our gospel DNA.   Published in partnership with Serge,   You Are Sent   by Nathan Sloan is adaptable and ...

Enter to win at the bottom of this post! For the next three weeks, the Read with Audra blog tour team is hosting a blog tour for Amanda Wen's The Songs That Could Have Been , the second book in the Sedgwick County Chronicles series.  Learn more about Amanda and her new book, then enter to win a copy of your own at the end of the post. About the Book Two couples in love. Two sets of impossible circumstances. One powerful God of grace. After a devastating tailspin in her late teens, Lauren Anderson’s life is finally back on track. Then a chance meeting with Carter Douglas, her first love and the man who broke her heart, threatens to throw her well-balanced world out of control. Now a TV meteorologist, Carter is determined to make amends with Lauren. After all, she still owns his heart. But his old demons are forcing him toward the same decision he faced in the past. Is he courageous enough to make a different choice this time around? When Lauren’s elderly grandmother, Rosie, be...

Enter to win at the end of this post! For the next few weeks, my team of bloggers will be featuring Midnight's Budding Morrow by Carolyn Miller, the second book in the Regency Wallflowers series. Learn more about the book below -- you can even read an excerpt -- and at the end of the post, enter to win a copy of your own.   About the book: Can real love grow between a wallflower and an unrepentant rogue? Sarah Drayton is eager to spend time with her best friend at her crumbling Northumberland castle estate. Matrimony is the last thing on her mind and the last thing she expects to be faced with on a holiday. Yet she finds herself being inveigled into a marriage of convenience with her friend's rakish brother. When James Langley returns to his family's estate, he can't be bothered to pay attention to his responsibilities as the heir. War is raging and he wants only distraction, not serious tethers. But his roguish ways have backed him into a corner, and he has l...

Click here to request a digital review copy. God keeps his promises in amazing and often surprising ways. The Bible stories in   God Rescues   show how God watched over his people and used Moses to save the Israelites from trouble. Just as God watched over and rescued his people then, even now we are safe with Jesus. The perfect Passover lamb helps us remember God’s promise to forgive, and he keeps his promise to forgive today through Jesus, the Lamb of God. Author Jared Kennedy uses simple words and concepts to help toddlers and preschoolers understand that God takes care of us and always keeps his promises. This beautifully illustrated board book for ages three to five is part of the Beginner’s Gospel Story Book series. The preschool-friendly pictures in   God Rescues   will also help teach about shapes, colors, and counting. Children will be captivated by the bright, modern illustrations and the simple encouraging content will turn their hearts to Jesus. Abou...

Click here to request a digital review copy or fill out the form at the end of the post. Taste and see his steadfast love, Honey wafers from above. Sons and daughters, can’t you see? God made you his family. Children love food, and this beautiful book will help them see God’s goodness in the food he provides for all his children all through the Bible. From fruit trees in the garden, manna in the wilderness, and bread and fish by the sea of Galilee, to the final marriage supper of the Lamb, children will learn to “taste and see that the Lord is good.” In  Taste and See , author Irene Sun and illustrator Hannah Y. Lu provide a bird’s eye view of the Bible using the idea of hunger and feasting to tell the story of redemption in a narrative poem set to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.” Children ages 4–7 will discover that everything their hearts hunger for can be found in Jesus—the one whose broken body and shed blood is made visible in the bread and wine we eat together...

Over the next few weeks, my blog team will be introducing readers to Shadows in the Mind's Eye by Janyre Tromp. Keep reading to learn more about the book and author, then at the end of the post enter to win: - A copy of Shadows in the Mind's Eye, - A custom made silver peach tree necklace inspired by the book, - A "Light speaks through the broken places" t-shirt also inspired by the book.   About the book: “Tromp weaves a complex historical tale incorporating love, suspense, hurt, and healing —all the elements that keep the pages turning.” ~ Julie Cantrell, New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of Perennials Charlotte Anne Mattas longs to turn back the clock. Before her husband, Sam, went to serve his country in the war, he was the man everyone could rely on—responsible, intelligent, and loving. But the person who’s come back to their family farm is very different from the protector Annie remembers. Sam’s experience in the Pacific theater has left him b...