Author Interview

Meet
Don Reid

It’s not often a person achieves success in a career they love, much less twice in two different careers! Don Reid has achieved that very success, and he attributes it all to obeying the God he loves and serves every single day.

Thirty-eight years of writing and singing with the Statler Brothers has given you many awards, many memories, and many friendships. Since 2002, you have had seven books published . . . a second award-winning career. How did writing music prepare you for writing books? What led you to tackle novel writing after so many successful years as a singer and songwriter?

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Novel Reviews

Books To Love from 2011

Save the Date by Jenny B Jones

WORDS by Ginny L. Yttrup

                           Nick of Time A Bug Man Novel by Tim Downs

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Bookclubs

Mitz Book Club Leader, Parkway Church

What lead up to your starting a book club, Mitz? Had you ever been part of a book club before? What’s your club name?

A love of reading among our church women sparked the creation of our group. 

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Multicultural Fiction

Rhonda McKnight on Christian Marriage and Romance Novels

Love is on the bookshelves in our favorite Christian bookstores; however, there is one author you may miss in LifeWay, Parable, or your local Family bookstore: best-selling Christian fiction author Rhonda McKnight. She writes for Urban Christian, an imprint of Urban Books, one of a growing number of Christian imprints owned by secular publishers.

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Devotional

IT COUNTS

Messy rooms give me an attitude. It’s not even the mess that bothers me as much as what the mess symbolizes: lack of respect.

It was time for a talk. Our two youngest children—aged eleven and fifteen—sat on the floor in front of me, their long legs vying for space. I prepared for the ninetieth repetition of the Clean Room Talk. But this time, I felt a different emphasis brewing. The kids were older now. The essence of the Clean Room Talk needed to go beyond picking up their toys.

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