Meta tags:
description=News, opinion and discussion for Canadian Christian bookstores, suppliers and publishers;

Headings (most frequently used words):

the, they, bible, and, christian, book, thinks, are, costco, on, ontario, author, in, our, shop, talk, when, customers, say, want, oldest, concerns, about, ethiopian, craze, anchor, huntsville, store, mixes, maple, treats, books, niv, application, best, kept, secret, ingram, suspending, defective, merchandise, credits, new, from, beth, allison, barr, history, perspective, current, issue, ann, voskamp, textbook, case, of, over, publishing, examines, jesus, elvis, intervarsity, press, shamelessly, increases, study, guide, prices, again, finding, meaning, joy, ordinary, another, which, tells, story, main, supplier, travel, back, time, to, previous, topics, never, miss, post, pages,

Text of the page (most frequently used words):
the (372), and (171), that (98), for (65), this (54), christian (49), have (49), book (48), with (47), was (42), you (39), they (39), are (38), bible (38), but (37), which (36), what (32), not (28), our (25), april (24), about (24), who (23), her (23), august (21), were (21), like (20), march (20), may (20), #publishing (20), february (19), she (19), would (19), july (18), church (18), can (18), books (18), their (18), october (17), june (17), from (17), november (16), january (16), all (16), here (16), some (16), one (16), new (16), has (16), now (15), september (15), december (15), music (15), canadian (15), people (15), store (15), your (14), back (14), time (14), more (14), pastor (14), 2020 (13), categories (13), two (13), first (13), being (13), comment (12), other (12), 2009 (12), 2010 (12), 2011 (12), 2012 (12), 2013 (12), 2014 (12), 2015 (12), 2016 (12), 2017 (12), 2018 (12), 2019 (12), 2021 (12), 2022 (12), uncategorized (12), also (12), there (12), only (12), had (12), paulthinkingoutloud (12), 2025 (11), tags (11), where (11), years (11), ministry (11), titles (11), publishers (10), how (10), when (10), 2023 (10), authors (10), bookstore (10), jesus (10), read (10), author (10), work (10), wife (10), use (9), 2024 (9), them (9), see (9), review (9), canada (9), page (9), same (9), last (9), those (9), leave (9), publisher (9), ingram (9), just (9), different (9), been (9), application (9), does (8), will (8), want (8), own (8), right (8), into (8), life (8), rate (8), over (8), tyndale (8), bibles (8), oldest (8), 2026 (7), industry (7), copy (7), much (7), after (7), everything (7), these (7), day (7), role (7), press (7), then (7), tell (7), list (7), don (7), edition (7), though (7), women (7), while (7), husband (7), version (7), get (6), site (6), email (6), out (6), 2008 (6), know (6), available (6), history (6), culture (6), radio (6), zondervan (6), ivp (6), worked (6), things (6), perhaps (6), than (6), talking (6), simply (6), significant (6), days (6), god (6), another (6), why (6), full (6), world (6), his (6), ontario (6), marketing (6), study (6), think (6), need (6), best (6), its (6), becoming (6), credit (6), niv (6), translations (6), com (5), subscribe (5), shop (5), blog (5), top (5), info (5), pages (5), retail (5), original (5), modern (5), christianity (5), ccm (5), something (5), place (5), title (5), doesn (5), many (5), given (5), too (5), year (5), between (5), could (5), house (5), even (5), money (5), media (5), call (5), hardcover (5), mason (5), lives (5), key (5), prices (5), nelson (5), etc (5), current (5), elvis (5), made (5), three (5), better (5), shipping (5), carry (5), beth (5), barr (5), biblical (5), woman (5), pastors (5), any (5), anything (5), taking (5), ethiopian (5), website (4), talk (4), already (4), free (4), never (4), trade (4), let (4), american (4), baker (4), such (4), john (4), gave (4), access (4), course (4), part (4), customer (4), bookstores (4), actually (4), least (4), relationship (4), mike (4), question (4), old (4), end (4), order (4), published (4), carried (4), intervarsity (4), today (4), customers (4), offer (4), because (4), model (4), often (4), group (4), international (4), great (4), always (4), non (4), every (4), didn (4), loved (4), churches (4), both (4), king (4), second (4), keeping (4), huntsville (4), listed (4), information (4), copies (4), feel (4), especially (4), isn (4), allison (4), ruth (4), service (4), calling (4), married (4), wives (4), box (4), meet (4), recent (4), business (4), make (4), processed (4), received (4), long (4), put (4), took (4), currently (4), maple (4), bracebridge (4), anchor (4), costco (4), texts (4), social (4), english (4), wordpress (3), content (3), join (3), works (3), guest (3), article (3), encouraged (3), plus (3), add (3), post (3), previous (3), companies (3), extra (3), regularly (3), charge (3), note (3), contemporary (3), shelves (3), next (3), others (3), click (3), link (3), writing (3), meaning (3), early (3), interests (3), well (3), did (3), realize (3), story (3), since (3), collection (3), opinion (3), reading (3), religious (3), together (3), before (3), short (3), worlds (3), separate (3), ordinary (3), far (3), written (3), take (3), additional (3), gospel (3), job (3), going (3), product (3), discount (3), answer (3), thomas (3), exchange (3), editions (3), harpercollins (3), profit (3), price (3), increase (3), brand (3), way (3), creative (3), whole (3), young (3), ago (3), stock (3), religion (3), having (3), nlt (3), wasn (3), terms (3), imagine (3), cover (3), buying (3), rather (3), ann (3), voskamp (3), owner (3), space (3), say (3), word (3), above (3), case (3), company (3), america (3), using (3), minister (3), room (3), form (3), making (3), through (3), filled (3), pray (3), feels (3), called (3), hope (3), recognize (3), century (3), look (3), difference (3), nobody (3), whose (3), experience (3), means (3), yes (3), couple (3), office (3), distributors (3), four (3), cost (3), quite (3), selling (3), shipments (3), times (3), silence (3), packing (3), standard (3), good (3), feature (3), instead (3), translation (3), home (3), week (3), few (3), wisdom (3), supplier (3), skus (3), discussion (3), scrolls (3), design (2), required (2), write (2), comments (2), view (2), log (2), sign (2), subscribed (2), subscribers (2), agencies (2), contact (2), appears (2), bottom (2), loud (2), block (2), address (2), notifications (2), latest (2), topic (2), month (2), travel (2), topics (2), issues (2), affect (2), booksellers (2), focus (2), perspective (2), staff (2), check (2), stores (2), retailers (2), owners (2), managers (2), sacred (2), worship (2), evangelical (2), evangelicalism (2), sent (2), nashville (2), leah (2), payne (2), peacock (2), gives (2), section (2), authority (2), critical (2), elsewhere (2), rock (2), either (2), person (2), term (2), catacombs (2), influence (2), knew (2), played (2), trying (2), trace (2), sunday (2), morning (2), asbury (2), founding (2), became (2), love (2), lived (2), 000 (2), writers (2), without (2), interested (2), white (2), development (2), sales (2), interesting (2), family (2), distribution (2), parallel (2), define (2), recently (2), retailing (2), strongly (2), most (2), department (2), under (2), 201 (2), existence (2), seems (2), fact (2), embrace (2), source (2), deep (2), consolation (2), hold (2), secret (2), tired (2), based (2), learn (2), waterbrook (2), multnomah (2), little (2), british (2), muskoka (2), mystery (2), marriage (2), wherein (2), faced (2), lifeguide (2), among (2), reason (2), itpes (2), beyond (2), away (2), entirely (2), set (2), conservative (2), response (2), become (2), almost (2), central (2), points (2), months (2), watched (2), major (2), again (2), resources (2), schools (2), should (2), seekers (2), promise (2), examines (2), management (2), similar (2), 100 (2), blogs (2), total (2), lack (2), parent (2), facebook (2), overall (2), working (2), hard (2), release (2), bear (2), newest (2), cousins (2), releases (2), challenge (2), released (2), market (2), single (2), bestselling (2), spend (2), ever (2), emerge (2), run (2), gender (2), roles (2), provided (2), brazos (2), north (2), cboq (2), wilkinson (2), unusual (2), technically (2), looking (2), distance (2), minute (2), newsletter (2), redefined (2), reformation (2), remember (2), give (2), countless (2), whatever (2), identity (2), christ (2), created (2), southern (2), hand (2), mission (2), human (2), baptist (2), consider (2), began (2), might (2), centuries (2), myself (2), comes (2), friends (2), spiritual (2), particular (2), running (2), shared (2), understanding (2), living (2), sometimes (2), expectations (2), contrast (2), come (2), against (2), live (2), personal (2), folks (2), asked (2), taken (2), behind (2), known (2), thought (2), men (2), met (2), identified (2), issue (2), finally (2), doing (2), decisions (2), rest (2), point (2), flat (2), dollars (2), credits (2), weeks (2), dealer (2), charged (2), card (2), matters (2), worse (2), damaged (2), got (2), showing (2), discontinued (2), slips (2), brings (2), calls (2), getting (2), speak (2), longer (2), ours (2), events (2), lately (2), saying (2), looks (2), sections (2), common (2), location (2), noted (2), harmony (2), gospels (2), mentioned (2), demand (2), concerns (2), popular (2), seen (2), small (2), town (2), area (2), satisfy (2), products (2), really (2), inventory (2), special (2), reflect (2), large (2), mention (2), housing (2), insecurity (2), keeps (2), narrower (2), harder (2), reasons (2), main (2), metro (2), number (2), dozen (2), thinks (2), conspiracies (2), conspiracy (2), answers (2), surge (2), prophecy (2), discovery (2), hear (2), passages (2), marketed (2), languages (2), autographs (2), knowledge (2), manuscripts (2), dead (2), sea (2), qumran (2), probably (2), 1789 (2), james (2), category (2), numbers (2), verses (2), society (2), guy (2), chronological (2), obsessed (2), news (2), suppliers (2), started, name, loading, collapse, bar, manage, subscriptions, reader, report, privacy, account, create, advertising, originate, thinking, network, nor, aware, firefox, browser, enter, receive, hot, rant, miss, select, search, raise, reflecting, brick, mortar, resource, encourage, submit, stories, graphic, images, posted, established, record, labels, nationally, distributed, musicians, inezha, bloglines, newsgator, yahoo, zhua, xia, xian, guo, youdao, google, feed, rss, older, entries, excellent, churchleaders, gift, thank, lando, klassen, fellow, traveler, journey, appreciated, definitely, deserves, histories, possibly, placed, wayne, episode, moving, herself, charlie, lot, inside, baseball, podcast, explored, 1900s, along, audio, clips, talks, consolidation, related, hints, homogeneity, produced, liked, evaluation, ruled, airwaves, appease, becky, lisa, mythical, target, kids, minvan, wrote, extensively, sameness, theory, larry, norman, grandfather, members, lovesong, wants, grandfathers, occasional, passing, nod, references, toronto, merv, merla, watson, elements, forgotten, realized, significance, spends, ubiquitous, formed, broader, happening, showed, accompaniment, cassettes, icthus, festival, came, college, revival, chuck, colson, instrumental, calvary, chapel, costa, mesa, california, foursquare, denomination, jack, hayford, middle, telling, associate, writer, piece, vinyl, show, surprises, magazine, liability, overplays, influencer, politics, less, suppose, playing, gig, genius, historian, traces, further, late, 1800s, success, measured, sheet, songbooks, follow, tree, networks, physical, shows, assocation, cba, national, broadcasters, nrb, track, dovetailed, advance, helped, itself, oxford, university, prominence, establishment, perpetuation, roll, although, linked, still, responsible, traffic, flow, downloading, streaming, ended, dominance, supply, channel, tells, 9781038312075, paperback, 9781038312068, 216, file, devotions, excerpt, straddles, quotidian, eternal, aren, reality, intermingling, mundane, mystical, recurrent, theme, ron, reed, artistic, director, pacific, theatre, immense, tract, stuff, lofty, purpose, ninety, devotional, chapters, meditates, concluding, extent, meaningless, humdrum, commonplace, beautifully, provocatively, arresting, insights, stand, spin, everydayness, summary, manitoba, mikemasonbooks, freisen, david, cook, crossway, surprised, born, peterborough, columbia, resides, region, children, according, champagne, soul, finding, joy, fellowship, lines, bang, cdn, buck, contacting, line, participants, collected, insufficient, possibility, concentrated, players, artificial, construct, guides, sounds, bargain, gets, mentality, culturally, stands, somewhere, latter, softcover, sweet, spot, pricing, venture, consumers, walk, simple, focused, ramifications, continually, increasing, fixed, paper, charisma, sure, rising, costs, doubt, difficulty, reconciling, naively, believe, motive, watching, hawk, truly, suggested, results, several, flagship, studies, escalate, calculations, distributor, disclosure, briefly, occasions, locations, told, organizations, treated, hurt, 70s, 80s, integrated, campus, shamelessly, increases, guide, 9781725283282, offers, host, proclaims, unabashed, centered, unapologetic, style, appeal, wide, eyed, battle, scarred, churchgoers, includes, skin, dynamic, play, dramatizes, martin, luther, enduring, sin, racism, wipf, date, mctavish, 112, mistaken, relatively, unprecedented, bookselling, despite, independently, ranked, six, library, paid, bought, remaindered, representative, bad, chose, enjoy, html, assets, below, newsletters, superior, decided, thirdly, landed, strikingly, secondly, type, pilgrimage, timed, meditation, firstly, acutely, habits, owe, bit, accustomed, hardcovers, differentiation, 22nd, 11th, argue, represent, saturation, fiction, genre, obligated, shelf, purchase, support, digest, dry, equally, please, mind, designed, personnel, share, roots, neo, reformed, tribe, belongs, canadians, stick, textbook, vocational, sociology, ecclesiology, 232, isbn, 9781587435898, description, connection, inasmuch, spent, researching, baptists, quebec, hosted, leanne, friesen, executive, wearing, hat, grieving, thing, added, continuation, begun, exactly, womanhood, weekly, contributor, affiliate, paul, sense, pastoral, halfway, video, clip, sharing, appeared, spouse, capitalizing, differentiate, professional, leading, organic, ephesians, accessible, cracking, open, door, trackable, ways, narrowed, limitation, impacts, functioning, believers, friend, fulfills, opportunities, claimed, joyful, knowing, serve, shift, step, courageously, 191, true, domestic, perceive, united, states, courage, lament, depths, undermined, limiting, constraining, half, race, unimaginable, imposition, institutionalized, pressurized, forced, heartbreaking, chastening, maria, acacia, down, convention, body, decades, closing, doors, hoped, respond, challenges, families, following, ages, partnership, celibate, clergy, find, sighing, hopefully, veiled, rome, priscilla, bucket, assortment, led, abbess, named, milburga, pastoring, benefitting, value, strengthening, joys, agonies, lies, judge, appearance, friendships, tidiness, career, assume, sells, describes, pressures, judgements, defined, demands, arise, impact, engages, academic, skill, insight, examine, titular, correlative, ordained, meeting, scenes, storefront, conversations, makes, journalist, taxi, driver, heart, stronger, driving, forces, occupied, cashed, paycheque, husbands, firmly, clear, partner, turns, nursery, rota, cooking, soup, careers, hobbies, volunteer, outside, dinner, parties, happily, replaced, ordination, path, spring, arbor, ethics, won, responding, survey, forms, requested, hours, helps, dealers, countries, worth, energy, mess, mitigated, return, timely, manner, recover, losing, supposedly, refund, usd, cad, high, 4723, billed, 27th, essence, visa, mastercard, expect, variance, combine, recovery, dollar, theirs, 3571, weekend, notification, coincided, active, invoices, update, seeking, relief, shipment, wiggle, reduce, negative, territory, fourth, attempt, recourse, done, third, stopped, replying, emails, smoke, signal, help, addresses, nothing, needed, screen, shot, photographs, damage, practice, including, proper, wave, future, dealing, faxed, faxing, sending, attachment, send, greatly, curtailed, window, accept, voice, knows, accurate, pick, phone, action, succession, refuses, responsibility, tried, arrange, partial, hit, enough, turn, seem, suspending, defective, merchandise, benchmark, measure, exceeded, totally, harmonization, columns, column, event, teaching, numbering, items, approximate, dating, furthermore, moments, photo, wondered, highlight, bound, chapter, acts, panic, features, opened, leather, hoping, curious, finished, exist, somewhat, profiles, layout, emphasis, ideas, embedding, maps, text, portions, relevant, scrapped, favor, traditional, color, map, defeat, commentary, series, offered, wealth, material, demonstrates, relevance, face, learned, rights, previously, assigned, differently, exclusive, kept, syrup, pictures, weren, holiday, anxious, head, glad, minutes, drop, visit, each, shadow, nearby, camp, daunting, finds, clientele, impressed, volume, very, vulnerable, fluctuations, tourist, season, proprietor, healthy, mix, across, spectrum, dominantly, bakery, amount, distinct, areas, operates, commercial, centre, industrial, closer, edge, orchard, farms, dropped, located, within, fruit, vine, mixes, treats, shame, front, accounting, database, chain, strong, weakest, shown, themselves, unaware, trends, adaptive, choice, consolidated, 500, genres, actions, suggests, viable, unfortunate, mostly, readers, largest, continent, cream, crop, bother, else, orders, handled, basement, everyone, mean, browse, loves, online, retailer, increasingly, wary, unproven, listing, amazon, pass, sniff, test, rejected, example, kevin, nye, ask, handling, subject, conventional, poorly, raises, awareness, country, perception, grace, lead, escape, alive, prefer, fine, except, diversity, leaves, secure, contracts, craft, shortchanged, units, unique, runs, 400, warehouse, lean, introduced, originally, seemed, break, persisted, extremely, alternatives, isaiah, dread, frightens, sufficient, 2000, engage, try, healthier, channels, draw, fringes, faith, grasping, complexity, frustration, fear, pessimism, pervading, light, younger, teens, 20s, listening, stations, happy, mainstream, alternative, approach, failed, included, interest, concluded, due, exotic, forbidden, nature, ancient, during, global, anxiety, archaeological, appeals, hidden, censored, pitch, five, possible, blamed, stating, analysis, discovered, shocking, resurrection, attributed, excluded, western, canons, repeat, efforts, obtain, element, completely, comfortable, cautionary, message, buyers, carrying, winter, requests, concerning, whether, discussed, heavily, particularly, tiktok, various, rushed, print, draft, putting, tuesday, 14th, craze, augustine, words, quoted, kjv, gained, multiple, close, buy, bias, appreciate, loaded, false, presumed, christians, millennia, revisions, fast, forwarded, nasb, speakers, 750, scholarship, updates, 1947, 1956, item, cave, found, bedouin, shepherds, flocks, night, couldn, resist, daytime, pieces, fragments, academics, archeologists, alike, winning, lottery, versions, revised, safely, immediate, forerunners, 1551, heard, sort, verse, agree, scribal, additions, sentences, correcting, appear, gaps, usually, footnote, keep, peace, leads, rumors, translators, removed, robert, estienne, realistic, grand, scheme, stage, wycliffe, 1382, 1525, coverdale, 1535, matthew, 1537, henry, aka, 1539, geneva, 1560, 1611, language, nestle, aland, westcott, hort, sell, collections, unless, studied, wright, scot, mcknight, eugene, peterson, examples, guess, inquiries, heads, misinformation, politely, clue, facts, stop, schedule, canceled, friday, quickly, dashed, off, frustrated, coming, spell, youtube, promotions, perfect, local, repeating,

Text of the page (random words):
more of the books my husband sells than i have but that s as far as the expectations go in contrast barr describes the pressures and judgements that come against women whose lives have become defined by what their husband does examines where those demands arise from and where they do not and the impact they can have not only on the women who live those lives but also on the church as a whole as a woman who is a pastor i often find myself sighing hopefully not out loud when the topic of women in ministry comes up i m tired of talking about it i just want to get on with being one but i am encouraged in reading becoming the pastor s wife to meet some new friends the veiled woman in rome s priscilla catacombs a place that has been on my bucket list for some time an assortment of women both single and married who led with spiritual authority and in particular an 11 th century abbess named milburga it is also interesting to consider the challenges faced by pastors and their families following the 16 th century reformation as they began to imagine for the first time in ages what a married ministry partnership might look like after centuries of celibate clergy it is heartbreaking and chastening to meet maria acacia a 20 th century pastor s wife who was let down by not only the southern baptist convention a body that has in recent decades been closing doors to women called to minister but also by my own cboq who i would have hoped would respond better on one hand this book is a lament the depths to which the church has undermined its own mission by limiting and constraining half of the human race is unimaginable part of that is the imposition of an institutionalized and pressurized box into which we have forced countless pastors wives on the other hand this book is a call to hope and courage what if we recognize how much of what we perceive as a biblical role for pastors wives has been created by a culture especially white southern united states culture what if we recognize that a woman married to a minister can have a calling separate from her husband that her domestic role does not define her identity in christ what if we recognize that the only true biblical role for a woman is to do whatever god has called her to do can you imagine page 191 when i remember my young new friend i pray god s best for her i pray that as she fulfills the ministry of pastor s wife to which she feels called that god will give her countless opportunities to do the work that she has claimed as her own i hope that she lives a life of joyful service knowing that she is loved by her god and by her husband and by the churches they serve and i pray that if her calling should shift that she will feel free to step courageously into whatever god has for her to do becoming the pastor s wife is an accessible read cracking open a door to the trackable history of the ways in which the church has redefined and narrowed gender roles since the reformation and how that limitation impacts the functioning of churches and believers today i m capitalizing this word to differentiate the professional work of leading a church from the organic role filled by many in the church ephesians 4 11 12 ruth wilkinson is a pastor in ontario canada and a weekly contributor to our affiliate site christianity 201 while in our more unusual role technically it s me paul who is the pastor s spouse it made more sense after years of looking at pastoral ministry from a distance for her to write this review though i m halfway through the book a 5 minute video clip of ruth sharing her story appeared last year on the author s newsletter the only thing i would have added is that i see this book as a continuation of the work begun in beth allison barr s previous work the making of biblical womanhood together they form a set for my review almost exactly 3 years ago of that book click here there s also a canadian connection here inasmuch as beth spent some time researching the canadian baptists of ontario quebec and was hosted by leanne friesen who is the executive minister of cboq and wearing another hat is the author of the book grieving room a review copy of becoming the pastor s wife was provided by baker books the parent company of brazos press the 232 page hardcover is available in north america and the uk using isbn 9781587435898 for the publisher s description click here categories uncategorized tags christian publishing church culture church history ecclesiology gender roles ministry religion sociology vocational ministry women in ministry ann voskamp a textbook case of over publishing march 31 2025 paulthinkingoutloud leave a comment please bear in mind that this site is designed for bookstore owners managers and staff and other interested publishing industry personnel this is isn t about ann voskamp we share canadian roots and especially these days even though i m not part of the neo reformed tribe to which she belongs we canadians need to stick together with two titles released on october 22nd by thomas nelson and another title released on february 11th by tyndale house i would argue that ann voskamp s three latest releases represent an over saturation of the market by a single author especially in a non fiction genre as a bookstore owner i feel obligated to carry everything a bestselling author has to offer but i only have so much shelf space and only so much money to spend but i also know customers who would say i have everything she s ever written who would also want to purchase new titles as they emerge either to a support her work b to digest every word on every page or c both of the above their well can run dry just as equally the additional challenge here is that is a lack of brand differentiation between the three titles firstly all three are hardcover releases we feel this more acutely in canada where our book buying habits owe a little bit of influence to our british cousins rather than our u s cousins who are accustomed to first edition hardcovers on everything but secondly all are timed bible study and meditation titles one is a 90 days of title one is a a year of type of book and the newest is a 40 day pilgrimage thirdly all bear a strikingly similar cover design so much so it s hard to imagine that the tyndale release landed with a different publisher at all i chose to go with the two nelson titles for my store the reason is simply that from harpercollins nelson s parent i enjoy a a better discount and shipping terms b a better access to html assets like the one below for blogs store newsletters store website facebook etc c superior access to review copies had i decided to review these titles and d an overall better working relationship in 30 years of bookselling and despite independently having a blog which regularly ranked in the top 100 christian blogs i think i have a total of six books in my library from tyndale two of which were paid for three of which were bought when the book remaindered and one which was actually given to me by a publisher representative it s too bad i like some of their authors and i do use the nlt and over 30 years it wasn t for a lack of trying no three similar hardcover titles in 112 days is just too much and if i m not mistaken it s relatively unprecedented categories uncategorized tags bookstore management canadian authors christian book marketing christian publishing harpercollins religion book marketing religion publishing thomas nelson tyndale house zondervan ontario author examines jesus and elvis march 11 2025 paulthinkingoutloud leave a comment i m keeping a promise today that i made about a month ago to huntsville author john mctavish to tell you about his book jesus and elvis the book is published by wipf and stock and i don t know if the july 2020 date listed is for the original edition or for the second edition listed here here is the publisher information jesus and elvis second edition creative resources for use in schools and churches jesus and elvis offers a host of creative resources for use in schools and churches jesus proclaims the book s unabashed gospel centered content elvis its unapologetic creative style the book as a whole should appeal to both the young and the old wide eyed seekers and battle scarred churchgoers this new edition includes skin deep a dynamic play that dramatizes martin luther king s response to the enduring sin of racism in our world 9781725283282 categories uncategorized tags canadian authors christian books intervarsity press shamelessly increases study guide prices again august 27 2024 paulthinkingoutloud leave a comment full disclosure i worked briefly for intervarsity press ivp in canada on two occasions and in two separate locations and i ve always told people that of all the non profit christian organizations i worked for they were the one which treated me the best it didn t hurt that i also loved what they were publishing in the 70s and 80s and the way their publishing brand integrated with their campus ministry but that was then and this is now in canada every 1 u s increase in suggested list prices results in a 1 50 increase here in the last several months we ve watched the price of their flagship brand lifeguide bible studies escalate from 15 49 to 16 49 to the current 17 99 exchange rate calculations with the major distributor here also affect the price i have great difficulty reconciling what ivp has become first editions are almost always now in hardcover with the ivp i worked for i would like to naively perhaps believe that a non profit doesn t embrace profit as the central motive but watching ivp s price points like a hawk over the years this is truly a different publisher i m sure they have a response something about rising costs no doubt but why not set fixed canadian prices as does zondervan thomas nelson waterbrook multnomah etc why not have conservative exchange rate as does zondervan and baker book group why not have international trade paper editions itpes as does harpercollins christian publishing baker book group charisma house etc the answer is simple these companies are entirely u s focused and can t see the ramifications in canada for continually increasing prices but the reason canada gets itpes in the first place is because we don t have the u s mentality about books culturally the canadian customer stands somewhere between the u s and the u k model where in the latter just about everything is softcover there s a sweet spot for pricing and if publishers venture too far beyond it consumers often walk away all that plus the possibility that with sales now being concentrated among significant key players the list prices are an artificial construct if i tell you the study guides are 30 and offer them at 40 discount for only 17 99 it sounds like a bargain right today i m faced with contacting customers who use the lifeguide line regularly to tell them they need to go back to their participants and tell them the money they collected was insufficient and then i m going to tell them about some other bible study product lines wherein i think they ll get more bang for their 17 99 cdn buck categories uncategorized tags christian book marketing christian publishing intervarsity christian fellowship intervarsity press ivp religious publishing ontario author on finding meaning and joy in the ordinary june 24 2024 paulthinkingoutloud leave a comment mike mason with books published by waterbrook multnomah david c cook and crossway i was more than a little surprised to learn that mike mason was born in peterborough and now after 50 years in british columbia resides in the muskoka region of ontario he s the author of books you may have carried such as the mystery of marriage the mystery of children the gospel according to job champagne for the soul and many others with his new book same old same new the consolation of the ordinary he s at freisen press a manitoba based publisher with additional distribution at ingram you can learn more about his work and how to order the book at mikemasonbooks com here s the publisher summary why is so much of our existence so ordinary why this immense tract of stuff in our lives that seems to have no lofty purpose in ninety short devotional chapters mike mason meditates on this question concluding that in fact everydayness to the extent we embrace it is a source of deep consolation far from being meaningless the humdrum and the commonplace may actually hold the secret of life same old same new beautifully and provocatively written and full of arresting insights will take your old tired world stand it on end and spin it like a top mike mason straddles two worlds the quotidian and the eternal of course those two worlds aren t separate worlds at all and the reality of that intermingling that co existence of the mundane and the mystical is perhaps the recurrent theme of mason s writing ron reed founding artistic director of pacific theatre read a short excerpt of the book at christianity 201 with this link 216 pages file under devotions canadian authors paperback 9781038312068 19 99 us hardcover 9781038312075 31 99 us categories uncategorized another book which tells our story april 8 2024 paulthinkingoutloud leave a comment although we call it the christian publishing industry the history of christian retailing is strongly linked to the christian music industry most of our stores had or still have a music department and that department was responsible for significant traffic flow in the days before downloading and streaming ended our dominance as a supply channel in god gave rock roll to you a history of contemporary christian music oxford university press author leah payne gives significant prominence to the role which christian bookstores played in the establishment and perpetuation of what was first jesus music then contemporary christian music and more recently modern worship she shows how the christian booksellers assocation cba role in retail and the national religious broadcasters nrb parallel track with radio dovetailed together to advance the music which helped define evangelicalism itself but the genius of this book is the first 50 or so pages where writing as a historian she traces the development of ccm back even further into the late 1800s when success was measured by the sales of sheet music and songbooks it is interesting to follow the money and trace the family tree of more modern distribution networks at least in the days of physical media the only liability of the book is the last 50 or so pages where like so many american writers she in my opinion at least overplays the relationship between the music as a christian culture influencer and u s politics i could have lived without that but perhaps reading as a canadian i am simply less interested and i suppose playing the white house is a significant gig right everything in the middle was telling my own story since i lived those years was an associate writer for ccm magazine and have...